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Alex Heshmaty asks Belinda Lester, founder of Lionshead Law, and Annie Joseph, a trainee solicitor at a top 100 UK law firm, to consider some of the key opportunities and challenges that remote working poses for lawyers. In a world of social distancing, the coronavirus pandemic has lent fresh impetus to the work-from-home movement. Law […]
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Full webinar is available on demand from Flexpo’s LinkedIn or Facebook pages. https://lionsheadlaw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_9920.movhttps://lionsheadlaw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_9921.mov or watch the full webinar here.
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This is not intended to be legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Can an employer make employees redundant following lockdown being lifted? Short Answer Yes, the termination of certain employment contracts post lockdown is likely to meet the definition of redundancy. The main issue is often one of fairness of […]
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Watch Belinda Lester’s interview with Maddy from Flepo about returning to work after furlough leave and the possible legal issues arising, including Health and Safety and reasonable reasons for refusing:
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One of the reasons many of our clients seek to engage consultants rather than employee staff is that they believe that it is easier to terminate the relationship without repercussions. After all, consultants are, at best, workers and therefore do not have the statutory right to claim unfair dismissal. Surely the right to terminate is […]
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In this post we refer to the 2018 case of: Mrs M Linsley v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Custom: UKEAT/0150/18/JOJ, 7 December 2018 Mrs Linsley, who worked for HMRC, suffered from ulcerative colitis; a condition which is exacerbated by stress and which requires her to have easy access to toilet facilities. HMRC had […]
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Section 15 Equality Act 2010 states: A person (A) discriminates against a disabled person (B) if— (a) A treats B unfavourably because of something arising in consequence of B’s disability, and (b) A cannot show that the treatment is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. (2 )Subsection (1) does not apply if A […]
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In the June 2018 EAT case of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust v Levy, a tribunal’s decision as to whether or not Ms Levy had been dismissed by her employer was upheld. The facts of the case were that Ms Levy, anticipating that she would be changing jobs internally with the employer, gave […]
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In 2015 we asked a number of women what their biggest concerns were about their rights when pregnant, during maternity leave and upon their return. We felt that answering their questions would also be helpful for employers and wrote an article about it. Three years later, women can now take maternity leave and shared parental […]
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Whilst the law very clearly and unequivocally protects women who are pregnant or on maternity leave from discrimination, it doesn’t appear to deter many employers/potential employers/recruiters from discriminating in any event. For this reason, most pregnant women feel anxious about disclosing their pregnancies, particularly when applying for employment or when they know that redundancies are in […]
