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Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
3M ago
A recent story caught the headlines because the Employment Tribunal upheld the decision of the Financial Conduct Authority that an employee should not be allowed to work entirely from home. The employee had been working from home since the beginning of ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
3M ago
Employers, we are still regularly coming across contracts of employment that are not compliant with the changes to employment legislation that were introduced in April 2020. If a case ends up in the employment tribunal and you have issued non-compliant ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
3M ago
With the new changes to the Working Time Regulations (introduced on 1 January 2024), we thought now would be a good time to recap on the basics of calculating holiday entitlement and pay. The changes are supposed to have made details of holiday entitlement ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
5M ago
A new law has recently been passed that will place a legal duty on employers to take “reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment at work. The duty will come into force in October 2024, giving employers time to review what they are already ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
6M ago
The Government has confirmed how they intend to deal with various retained EU employment law issues, including: There will be an introduction of “rolled-up” holiday pay, which enables workers who work irregular hours or part time hours to ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
6M ago
There has recently been an important case ( Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew ) in relation to holiday pay in the Supreme Court. The case is outlined below but shows that a gap of 3 months between underpayments does not ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
6M ago
Citibank has successfully defended an unfair dismissal claim by an employee who was dismissed for claiming expenses for sandwiches and coffee for his partner. The Claimant brought his unfair dismissal claim against the bank after he was dismissed for gross ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
9M ago
This week, Parliament passed legislation that will change how employers need to deal with flexible working requests and simplifies the process for employees. The key changes are: Employers cannot refuse a request without consulting with the employee ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
10M ago
Many employers are concerned about staff covertly filming footage from, for example, inside factories which may show confidential information or misrepresent their activities. We are often asked by employers whether they can search employees for such ..read more
Roythornes Solicitors » Employment Blog
1y ago
The Government has published a policy paper setting out various changes it intends to make to the law following Brexit. One of these changes has caught the eye of employment lawyers – they intend to limit the duration of any non-compete clauses ..read more