Work organisation
Practical guidance for HR on measures that some employers may be able to take to avoid redundancies due to economic conditions; including reducing hours, redeploying staff and options for making longer-term efficiencies.
Updated to include information on the application of the Swedish derogation for agency workers in Northern Ireland.
We highlight key cases due to be decided in 2022 and discuss their impact on HR. These include cases on: vicarious liability, holiday pay, agency workers, compulsory retirement ages, and coronavirus-related health and safety cases. We will also be reflecting on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge this year.
Use this agency workers flowchart where you wish to take on a temporary agency worker as a permanent employee.
Use this Sunday working flowchart when you receive notice from a "non-protected" shop or betting worker that they wish to opt out of Sunday working.
Use this Sunday working flowchart when a newly recruited shop or betting worker is, or may be, required to work on Sundays, or a previously "protected" or opted-out worker opts in to Sunday working.
The law on lay-off and short-time working, including the contractual right to lay off or put on short-time working, obtaining express consent where there is no contractual right, the operation of the contract during lay-off, the right to obtain a redundancy payment, and information on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and furloughing employees.
Updated information in relation to social security contributions post-Brexit.
It may not seem a burning issue amid travel restrictions brought about by the pandemic, but for international professional services firms, there are a plethora of reasons to meet the needs of LGBT+ employees who need to travel or be resident abroad.
In Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and another v Kocur and another; Kocur and another v Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal made a number of determinations about agency worker rights, including that agency workers are not entitled to apply for, or to be considered for vacancies on the same terms as directly recruited employees.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to work organisation.
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