Managing employees/workers

New and updated

• Whistleblowing: Aggravated damages awarded for "malicious" and "vindictive" treatment

  Date:

  9 July 2020

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Sinelnikova v ActivTrades plc, an employment tribunal upheld a compliance officer's claims of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and victimisation after finding that she had been subjected to "concerted and malicious" action by her employer.

• How to consider alternatives to redundancy during the coronavirus crisis

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect the Government's announcement on 8 July 2020 about the Job Retention Bonus.

• Sick pay

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect Regulations in force from 6 July 2020 that clarify SSP entitlement for employees living in extended or linked households or where a person with coronavirus symptoms is notified that they are not infected.

• Can an employee take annual leave while on furlough?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Age discrimination: Requiring semi-retired dog handler to work full time was discriminatory

  Date:

  2 July 2020

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Broadist v HM Prison Service, an employment tribunal found that the employer's refusal to allow a semi-retired dog handler to remain working on a part-time basis with an alternative dog, after his dog had died, amounted to indirect age discrimination.

• How to prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period

  Type:

  How to

  This guide, previously titled “How to prepare for Brexit”, has been revised to focus on how HR can plan for the end of free movement and the new immigration system in place from 1 January 2021, following the Brexit transition period.

• Can an employer place an employee on furlough leave if they are off sick?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Can an employer claim under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for an employee who was on unpaid leave before the scheme was announced?

  Type:

  FAQs

• What are the implications of the test and trace service for employers?

  Date:

  26 June 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Employers are being asked to "play their part" in the NHS test and trace service by encouraging workers to comply with requests to self-isolate and to support them while they are in isolation. Jo Broadbent, Counsel Knowledge Lawyer at Hogan Lovells, explores some of the legal and practical issues for employers of the test and trace service.

• Take part in our fifth HR and coronavirus pulse survey

  Date:

  22 June 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Take part in XpertHR's fifth pulse survey on HR's approach to dealing with coronavirus and continued lockdown easing measures.