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  • 10 September 2019
  • Employment

Assessment of whether disability is long-term

A claimant will be disabled, under the Equality Act 2010, if they have a mental or physical impairment and that impairment has a substantial and long term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities. An impairment is likely to be viewed as ‘long-term’ if it has lasted for at least 12 months, is likely to last for at least 12 months or it is likely to last for the rest of the person’s life.

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  • 06 September 2019
  • Employment

How employers can avoid presenteeism in the workplace

According to a recent survey conducted by State of the Global Workplace, organisations with high scores for employee engagement showed just over 20% higher levels of profitability compared to those who did not value the practice as much. The same survey revealed that barely 7% of UK employees are actively engaged at work.

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  • 16 August 2019
  • Employment

Job advert wording can hinder diversity

The wording used in job advertisements to describe roles, workplaces and candidate attributes could be dissuading a more gender-diverse range of applicants, according to research from LinkedIn.

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  • 13 August 2019
  • Employment

TUPE: Employers must provide full information about employees

Under section 1 of the Employment Right Act 1996, employers must provide most employees with particular information about their employment including start date, scale/rate of remuneration, and terms relating to hours of work.

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  • 08 August 2019
  • Employment

Government responds to consultation extending parents’ redundancy protection

Earlier this year the government ran a consultation on how and whether to extend the redundancy protection for pregnant women and new parents

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  • 08 August 2019
  • Employment

Risk to applying 12.07% cap for Part-Time workers

The Court of Appeal (“CoA”) decision in Harper Trust v Brazel reiterates the risks to employers who apply a loose and general Working Time Regulations (“WTR”) and ACAS affiliated holiday pay calculation for part-time workers.

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