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Long Covid & Disability

With Covid still unwilling to make a welcome exit from the news and our lives, the impact continues to plague employers. The recently detected Omicron variant and the return of measures to combat it, has left businesses once again having to adapt.

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Workers or Independent Contractors?

Another case and another decision by the Courts that a group of individuals are workers and not independent contractors. The company in this case is Stuart Delivery Ltd. Like cases such as Pimlico Plumbers, restrictions on the right of substitution will likely lead to a finding that the work needs to be performed personally, and therefore that the individuals are workers.

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Bullying in the workplace

Anti-Bullying Week takes place 14th – 18th November to try and reinforce

  • how workplaces approach the subject of bullying
  • what to do if you are being bullied
  • what action will be taken against those who do bully their colleagues, and
  • highlight the impact bullying can have.

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Banter – It’s just not cricket

“Reasonable” has been overtaken in recent years as my most disliked word in the legal profession, finding itself demoted by “banter”. Banter has become the go-to word used by employees and employers alike to justify offensive behaviour that would otherwise amount to discrimination & harassment. It has reared its head again in the last 24 hours as the dispute between Azeem Rafiq and Yorkshire County Cricket Club continues.

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Changes to Tips

The hospitality industry has seen large numbers of employees leave the industry during the Covid-19 pandemic as employees look for more stable and sociable hours.

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Indirect Disability Discrimination By Association

With furlough having now ended, and many employers implementing (or having implemented) plans to bring employees back into the workplace after 18 months of working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Employment Tribunal has made a decision that all employers will need to consider when deciding on home working policies.

 

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