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The Supreme Court has concluded in Harpur Trust v Brazel that part-year workers should not have their leave entitlement calculated on the same principle, proportionally, as full-time employees (which would mean that the weeks they don't work reduce their entitlement),...

New Regulations With effect from 1st July 2022 new regulations came into force, which will expand the category of people who can sign statements of fitness for work, or "fit notes", for the purposes of statutory sick pay and social security claims. Registered nurses,...

An employment tribunal has held that an employee with long Covid symptoms was disabled within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010. Mr Burke was employed as a caretaker from April 2001. In November 2020 he caught Covid and, after initially mild symptoms, developed...

Is vegetarianism a protected belief? Following a claim, the tribunal have found that on balance the Claimant’s vegetarianism was not a philosophical belief capable of protection under the Equality Act 2010. Watch this space, as...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that, where the employee’s contract does not prevent this, the employee is permitted to take sick leave and claim statutory sick pay for a job which they have been declared medically unfit to carry out, while working...

Following the decision in Agoreyo V London Borough of Lambeth, employers will be able to suspend individuals in order to investigate misconduct without worrying about automatically breaching the implied term of trust and confidence.   It will still be wise to...

The data protection laws allow individuals certain rights in relation to their personal data. One such right is to access their personal information - this is also known as a subject access request (SAR). In a recent case a housing developer has been prosecution for a...

In a recent case, the Claimant suffered from a heart condition and arthritis which was classed as a disability for the purposes of employment law legislation. Due to a process change, the Claimant was informed her role had changed, however, it was never made...

As part of the Good Work Plan, from 6th April 2020 employers must issue written statement of particulars from DAY 1. There will no longer be the two month grace period. This will apply to both employees and workers. We at ECHR Ltd have always recommended issuing...