From 6 April 2021, there will be increases to various employment related limits. The key changes include: 1. The statutory limit on a week’s pay used for calculating an unfair dismissal basic award and also for calculating a statutory redundancy payment will increase from £538 to £544; 2. The maximum Read more…
We are welcoming the introduction of a new voucher scheme that will enable more local couples to access mediation. Vouchers are now being offered by the Ministry of Justice, up to the value of £500, for participants in family mediation who are not eligible for legal aid. Dawn Lowry, a Read more…
Under the Equality Act 2010 (the Equality Act), employers are potentially liable for acts of discrimination, harassment and victimisation carried out by its workforce. For liability to attach, there has to be a sufficiently close connection with the wrongdoing so that it is considered to have been carried out in Read more…
We are marking Empty Homes Week (February 15-21) by offering free training to the public sector, via a virtual platform. The sessions are being provided by our specialist Inheritance Tracing and Empty Homes team, who help organisations address legal issues arising from empty homes. Our experts will highlight the legal Read more…
Our very own team of elves has been busy collecting toys for children facing Christmas in hospital. Staff from across our offices in Sheffield, Rotherham, Dronfield and Bakewell have donated more than 50 festive gifts, to be distributed among inpatients at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. The presents we have donated range Read more…
Discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief has been a hot topic over the last ten years and this year is no different. There have been a number of cases that are factually interesting without laying down any particularly new points of law. We do not expect the number Read more…
There have been many legislative changes this year to do with Coronavirus (“Covid-19”), however, it would be fair to say that these have come, gone and changed so frequently that it would not be helpful to detail them all here. As such, below is a summary of the key ones Read more…
Several legislative changes to implement the government’s Good Work Plan came into effect on 6 April 2020. These include: 1. Written statement of terms Workers (rather than just employees) who start work on or after 6 April 2020 are now entitled to a written statement of particulars, the majority of Read more…
Dodd & Co (“Dodd”) recruited a new employee who had post-termination restrictions in his contact of employment with Allen t/a David Allen Chartered Accountants (“David Allen”). Dodd took legal advice on the enforceability of the restrictions and were advised that the relevant term was “probably unenforceable” and on that basis Read more…
An Employment Tribunal upheld claims for harassment, direct discrimination and victimisation on the ground of gender reassignment brought against Jaguar Land Rover Ltd (JLR) by one of its engineers, Ms Taylor, who, having identified as gender fluid/non-binary, usually dressed in women’s clothing. Ms Taylor claimed that she was subsequently subjected Read more…