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https://lnkd.in/esrYxDwE The guidance emphasises that employers should take mental health problems as seriously as physical illnesses and points out that making reasonable adjustments for mental health can help employees to stay in work and work safely and...

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. The Mental Health Foundation are focusing on anxiety and the things that can help. What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a human trait that everyone experiences, this can help us to be aware of and respond to threats and danger. But...

With currently over 1 million vacancies unfilled and everyone I speak to telling me they are struggling to recruit, I often ask “are you offering the role as part-time/ job share/flexi-time/hybrid?” and 99% of the time they answer “no, that’s not an option for us”. I...

In the recent case of Meaker V Cyxtera Technology UK Limited the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found that a ‘without prejudice’ letter from an employer offering a settlement agreement amounted to an effective dismissal letter. The without prejudice letter was sent...

New National Minimum Wage Rates The rates which will apply from 1 April 2023 are as follows: Rate from April 2023 Annual increase (£) Annual increase (per cent) National Living Wage £10.42 0.92 9.7 21-22 Year Old Rate £10.18 1.00 10.9 18-20 Year Old Rate £7.49 0.66...

Are you dealing with flexible working requests correctly? Since the pandemic, employers have reported an increase in the number of flexible working requests that they are receiving. This is no surprise, in a market where candidates are hand picking their employers,...

Although a signature on a policy is not a legal requirement for evidencing agreement, it will be acceptable evidence in any tribunal proceedings that an employee has read and understood a policy. An employment tribunal has ruled that a train driver who posted...

The vast majority of companies taking part in the world’s largest trial of a four-day week have opted to continue with the new working pattern, in a result hailed as evidence that it could work across the UK economy. Of the 61 companies that entered the six-month...

The government is backing a Private Members Bill, the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill. If passed the Bill will amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) to give workers and agency workers the right to request a predictable work pattern. The...