Employment Talk

The goverment has tabled a number of amendments to the Employment Rights Bill since our last podcast. These will affect collective redundancies and Statutory Sick Pay, and introduce the Fair Work Agency to help employees enforce their rights. Our podcast outlines the changes you need to be aware of.The second part of this month’s episode looks at injury to feelings awards. What are they? How does a tribunal assess how much to award? Does a claimant need medical evidence to support their claims? We answer these questions, and more.

News stories have circulated suggesting the PM is under pressure to “tear up” the new Employment Bill. That's unlikely to happen, but we may see some changes, further consultations, and secondary legislation.Our latest podcast provides an update on these changes, and looks into the three new rights created by that Bill that will affect workers on low-hours or zero-hours contracts.

What does the new Employment Bill tell us about zero-hour contracts?In our latest podcast, our experts discuss the so-called ban on zero-hour contracts, the new rights for zero-hour workers and the right to be guaranteed hours.Listen now.

What are the changes to dismissals under the new Employment Rights Bill?From proposed changes to collective redundancy, to fire and re-hire, our experts discuss the outlook for dismissals following October’s Employment Rights Bill.

The Labour government presented their much-anticipated Employment Bill on Thursday 10 October, bringing lots of changes in the future of employment law. In particularly, unfair dismissal. Our experts, Elaine Huttley and Joanna Moseley, explore the details from when employees can bring an unfair dismissal claim, length of probationary periods, when the changes are expected to come into force, and more.

There’s been a lot of talk in the press recently about what an employer can legally do to terminate an employee’s contract of employment where they have been charged with, or have pleaded guilty to, a criminal offence. This has come to the fore following the UK riots, with the PM saying that the perpetrators will feel the "full force of the law." In this episode, Joanne Moseley and Elaine Huttley discuss what employers should consider if they have a staff member who has been charged with a criminal offence, avoiding unfair dismissal claims, frustrated contracts, and more.

Are you aware of the new duty that employers have to prevent their staff from sexual harassment in the workplace?On 26 October, the new duty comes into force which requires employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassments and any who are in breach of duty may have to pay additional compensation of up to 25%. Our latest employment podcast covers the new draft guidance, what reasonable steps must be taken, what powers the Equality and Human Rights commission have, and more.

Do you know your rights when faced with changing terms and conditions?Last year the government launched a new statutory code of practice which stated it was going to raise compensation by up to 25%. However, following the suspension of Parliament in the lead up to the General Election this hasn’t been put in place.In our latest employment podcast, our experts discuss why business change their terms and conditions, how an employer should implement this, how the next government can impact this, and more.

After a poor turnout for the Conservatives at the local elections, polls are indicating that Labour will form the next government.Labour has said that it will publish an Employment Bill within its first 100 days in government. In our latest podcast our experts map out what this might mean for business.

Do you know your rights when faced with redundancy?From recent headlines of job losses at Ted Baker and The Metro Bank, our latest employment podcast provides essential advice on redundancies.Our experts Elaine Huttley and Jo Moseley discuss the complexities and the best practice when an employer/employee is faced with termination of a contract.