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Office Christmas Parties – Top Tips To Avoid A New Year Tribunal Claim

Office Christmas Parties – Top Tips To Avoid A New Year Tribunal Claim Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Conrad Hazlitt It’s that time again, the annual office Christmas party…  time for colleagues to let their hair down and enjoy themselves.  Whilst this is certainly true, and the Acuity Employment team don’t want to be the...
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A Worker or Self-Employed? That Is The Question

A Worker or Self-Employed? That Is The Question Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Dan Evans In the past few years, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court have made headlines determining ‘workers’’ status for people working in the gig economy. This has led to a lot of confusion, which has left many businesses uncertain...
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Pitfalls to Avoid when Advertising Job Vacancies

Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Conrad Hazlitt This time last year many businesses were facing a gloomy winter ahead and the Acuity employment team were busy advising on all things redundancy related.  How things have changed in 12 months with the recent ONS announcement that UK job vacancies hit a record high in September 2021. ...
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Disability Discrimination – ‘Long Term’ Impairment?

Disability Discrimination – ‘Long Term’ Impairment? Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Katie Shanahan In recent case law, it has been found that an employment tribunal cannot consider events after the date of the occurrence of a discriminatory act when deciding whether an impairment is “long term”, for the purposes of assessing whether an individual is “disabled”. The...
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Tip Your Waiter, Not Their Employer

Tip Your Waiter, Not Their Employer – Upcoming Legislation on Discretionary Payments for Service Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Adam McGlynn I am yet to receive a tip from someone reading one of my articles but I’m sure it is only a matter of time, right? While, for now, I’ll have to take satisfaction from LinkedIn likes,...
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Religious Belief vs Sexual Orientation

Religious Belief Vs Sexual Orientation – Which Protected Characteristic Wins The Battle? Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Yannick Ramsamy The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Cornerstone (North East) Adoption and Fostering Services Ltd v Office for Standards in Education, Children and Skills (Ofsted) [2021] EWCA Civ 1390 will prove key in understanding the approach which will be...
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Right to Flexible Working – A Day One Right?

Right to Flexible Working – A Day One Right? Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Katie Shanahan The government has begun consulting on its plans to reform flexible working regulations (The Flexible Working Regulations 2014). The current right of employees to request flexible working arises after 26 weeks’ service, however, the proposed changes would mean that this...
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Right To Work Checks: COVID-19 Adjusted Measures Extended

Right to Work Checks: COVID-19 Adjusted Measures Extended Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Adam McGlynn On 30 March 2020, the Home Office relaxed the process of checking an employee/ job applicant’s right to work in order to make remote checks more convenient and facilitate social distancing. While remote checks were possible beforehand, the employer conducting the check...
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Furlough Before Redundancy Requirements?

Furlough Before Redundancy? Are Employers Required To Furlough Employees Before Moving To Redundancy? Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Yannick Ramsamy Two recent employment tribunal cases provide some interesting guidance regarding the approach employers should take in relation to redundancies whilst the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is in operation. We consider these cases in further detail below....
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Managing Flexible Working Requests

Managing Flexible Working Requests – What happens when employees get it wrong? Key Contact: Claire Knowles Author: Yannick Ramsamy Hybrid and flexible working arrangements have become common place arrangements amongst employers. However, a recent tribunal judgment demonstrates the significant consequences which can arise if employers do not carefully manage and consider flexible working requests. The case has...
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