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If the past almost 18 months has taught many businesses anything it is that they can operate far more flexibly than they ever imagined would be possible. Remote working became the norm for businesses that didn’t need to close down completely and many companies have seized this opportunity to radically rethink the way they will […]
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Forstater v CGD Europe and Others UKEAT/0105/20 The issues around sex and gender are complex and nuanced but in recent years it has seemed as if holding the belief that sex (as opposed to gender identity) is immutable was akin to holding a belief that black people are inherently less intelligent than white or that […]
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There have been a significant number of employment law issues as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, but one which may soon be about to raise its head in the workplace is what to do about employees who refuse to take up the covid-19 vaccination when their refusal is deemed to put others in the […]
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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 […]
