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- Date:
- 14 March 2019
- Type:
- Legal guidance
Consultant editor Darren Newman considers whistleblowing in the NHS, focusing on the public interest test and the danger of working on the basis that an allegation is malicious.
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- Date:
- 13 March 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Jackson and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that, as long as the miscommunication came from an administrative error, an employee whose redundancy redeployment form was sent to an inaccessible work email address was not unfavourably treated because she was on maternity leave.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to include the revised NJC pay spine, which will apply from 1 April 2019.
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- Date:
- 11 March 2019
- Type:
- News
The government has announced an extension to the number of professions that will be exempt from the proposed £30,000 minimum salary threshold on workers requiring a Tier 2 visa.
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- Type:
- Law reports
Updated to include information on London Borough of Lambeth v Agoreyo, in which the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's judgment and restored the county court's decision to dismiss Ms Agoreyo's claim.
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- Date:
- 5 March 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In London Borough of Lambeth v Agoreyo, the Court of Appeal held that the proper test for the courts for deciding if an employee's suspension breached the implied term of trust and confidence is whether or not the employer's decision to suspend was a "reasonable and proper" response to the allegations.
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- Date:
- 1 March 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, an employment tribunal held that a police force's recruitment process discriminated against a white heterosexual male candidate who was rejected after the positive action provisions in the Equality Act 2010 were applied to a pool of 127 applicants who passed the interview stage.
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- Date:
- 28 February 2019
- Type:
- News
Almost 1.2 million public sector workers are "trapped in in-work poverty" and are earning below the cost of living, according to a new analysis.
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- Date:
- 25 February 2019
- Type:
- News
Hundreds of bullying and sexual harassment allegations have been made against NHS staff over the past five years, further highlighting the "toxic environment" present in many hospitals.
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- Type:
- Survey analysis
Updated to include the details of four new pay awards across the sector.
