Search

How can we help?

Employment law changes in 2022: What you need to know

Summer is over, back to school, costly heating back on (or not), a new PM and a challenging future. Watch Monica Atwal for a quick round-up of all the HR related changes that took effect in 2022, including those that are still expected and those that have fallen off the agenda.

Topics include:

  • Absence, fit notes and sick pay
  • New ACAS code on discrimination
  • Definition of Disability – Covid-19
  • Hybrid working – the automatic right and review of tax
  • Menopause and Women Health Strategy
  • Firing and re-hiring
  • Agency workers and strikes
  • Employment Status
  • Apprenticeships
  • Data protection changes

Event details

  • 15 September 2022
  • On Demand Webinar
  • FREE
  • Employment

Legal Insights
that don’t bite.

Keep up to date with the latest tips, analysis and upcoming events by our legal experts, direct to your inbox.

Read, listen and watch our latest insights

art
  • 04 October 2019
  • Employment

Sexual harassment in the workplace

In the current age of the #MeToo movement, one would assume that any form of unwanted physical contact between a manager and a junior employee could count as harassment.In Raj v Capita Business Services Limited, a male employee had brought tribunal claims that his female manager committed an act of sexual harassment or harassment related to sex when she “briefly massaged” his shoulders in an open plan office.

art
  • 03 October 2019
  • Employment

Mental health: Are employers doing enough?

HR professionals are increasingly aware of the importance of supporting good mental health in the workplace.

art
  • 27 September 2019
  • Employment

Vegetarianism not a protected belief

In Conisbee v Crossley Farms Ltd, the Claimant alleged he was bullied by colleagues because of his vegetarianism and argued it amounted to a protected ‘belief’ under the Equality Act.

art
  • 20 September 2019
  • Employment

Statutory redundancy pay was not caught by the £25,000 breach of contract cap

In Uradar v Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, the Claimant was made redundant and had a contractual redundancy entitlement of £43,949.04. The Trust refused to pay, claiming she had turned down suitable alternative employment.

art
  • 16 September 2019
  • Employment

Stalking Protection Act: What employers need to know

Clarkslegal Managing Partner, Monica Atwal explains the steps organisations may need to take if a member of their staff becomes a victim of stalking.

art
  • 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.