Managing employees/workers

New and updated

• Covert CCTV surveillance of Spanish shop workers did not violate right to privacy

  Date:

  18 October 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In López Ribalda and others v Spain, the European Court of Human Rights held that Spanish shop workers' right to privacy was not violated when a supermarket secretly installed hidden cameras to monitor employee thefts.

• Policy on CCTV use

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on López Ribalda and others v Spain, concerning the installation of hidden cameras to monitor employee thefts.

• Cases on appeal

  Type:

  Law reports

  Updated to reflect that the Grand Chamber of the ECHR has delivered its decision in López Ribalda and others v Spain.

• Calculators on XpertHR

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Revised to reflect that the redundancy pay calculator has been updated with the predicted maximum amount of a week’s pay effective from 6 April 2020.

• IR35: Time for the private sector to get its house in order?

  Date:

  17 October 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Recent decisions by major employers to bring all contractors onto payroll have ruffled feathers in the contractor community. Six months before IR35 legislation is extended to the private sector, do employers face a talent drain or can they still engage with a flexible, self-employed workforce without facing the wrath of HMRC? Jo Faragher investigates.

• Podcast: Labour turnover and sickness absence rates

  Date:

  15 October 2019

  Type:

  Audio and video

  We discuss trends in labour turnover and sickness absence rates based on data gathered by XpertHR.

• Personal transactions and inducements: financial services

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on the FCA's findings on the implementation of the rules on research unbundling.

• A fifth of over-45s expect to quit work to care for relatives

  Date:

  10 October 2019

  Type:

  News

  One in five (19%) employees aged over 45 expects to quit their job to care for an adult relative full time, according to research from Aviva.

• Rest breaks and rest periods

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Pazur v Lexington Catering Services Ltd, in which the EAT considered if a worker had refused to comply with a requirement imposed in breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998.

• Coming soon to XpertHR

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Updated to include information on the forthcoming Podcast: Covert recordings in the workplace and Coaching manual.