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  • Employment
  • 18 August 2021

New duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment

Sexual harassment in the workplace has been against the law for decades, but the UK Government has confirmed it will take steps to introduce a new legal duty in this area ’when parliamentary time allows’.

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  • Employment
  • 13 August 2021

Can homeworkers be paid less?

Employees are now gradually returning to the office, following months of being ordered to work from home. In doing so, a debate has started over whether  homeworkers should be paid the same as their commuting colleagues.
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  • Employment
  • 11 August 2021

Ocado offers work from abroad remotely: Employment law implications

Online grocer Ocado have announced that they will be allowing staff to work remotely from any overseas location of choice for one month each year. This bid comes as employers start to re-think their ways of working and how these may change post pandemic.

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  • Employment
  • 05 August 2021

Will offering unlimited holiday work for my business?

Employment agency Reed has reported a 20% increase in the number of new positions offering unlimited annual leave as part of the benefits packages. Along with flexible working, it seems to be incentive employers are keen to explore and use as they compete to recruit the best talent from a pandemic weary workforce that values well-being and work-life balance.
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  • Employment
  • 05 August 2021

Unlimited Holiday & Annual Leave: Risks and Tips

Employment agency Reed has reported a 20% increase in the number of new positions offering unlimited annual leave as part of the benefits packages.
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  • Employment
  • 29 July 2021

Deborah Scales comments on employees and foreign holidays this summer

Clarkslegal Employment Associate, Deborah Scales, comments in The Sun on whether employers can stop employees taking foreign holidays.
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  • Employment
  • 29 July 2021

Vaccination status: an employer’s guide to some knotty issues

So called 'Freedom Day' was justified by the government in part because of the huge success of the vaccine roll-out in England. How much reliance can employers put on vaccination status when planning a safe return to the physical workplace?
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  • Employment
  • 29 July 2021

Incorrect IR35 decisions cost DWP £87.9m

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has been billed a staggering £87.9 million by HMRC for failing to correctly determine the tax status of its contractors.

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  • Employment
  • 23 July 2021

Sexual harassment in the workplace: proposed changes to employer’s duties

The Government has published its consultation response on workplace sexual harassment and harassment by third parties.  The consultation was undertaken in response to the #metoo movement, which revealed that many people (mainly women) experienced sexual harassment at work despite this having been unlawful for decades.

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