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GDPR – European General Data Protection Regulation By Rhiannon Webster The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2016. A rewrite of European data protection law, the GDPR imposes comprehensive and far reaching obligations. With enforcement after two years, companies need to be…
Court of Appeal confirms regular voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay By Joanne Bell The Court of Appeal has upheld the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in Flowers v East of England Ambulance Trust. It has confirmed that voluntary overtime should be included in the first four weeks holiday pay so long as such payments are…
Court of Appeal confirms voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay under Agenda for Change (for NHS employers) By Nick Chronias The Court of Appeal has upheld the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in Flowers v East of England Ambulance Trust. It confirmed that clause 13.9 of Agenda for Change (AfC), which deals with pay during annual leave, gives a contractual right…
NHS Publishes Interim NHS People Plan By Katy Horner The Interim Plan outlines how the NHS needs to recruit, retain and develop staff to meet rapidly growing demand for 21st century healthcare.
Unfair Dismissal: Employer's failure to follow its own informal disciplinary procedure resulted in constructive dismissal By Nick Chronias An employee of an NHS Trust who resigned in response to the issuing of an informal “Improvement Notice” in a manner which was inconsistent with her employer’s policy was constructively dismissed. The facts Mrs Starling worked for Epson & St…
Disability Discrimination: Knowledge of disability By Nick Chronias The dismissal of an employee may have been discriminatory even though the employer only found out about her disability at the internal appeal hearing. The facts Mrs Baldeh was a housing support officer at a housing association. Various concerns…
Disability Discrimination: Blocking of internal posting for disabled employee was not disability discrimination By Nick Chronias An employee with multiple disabilities did not suffer disability discrimination when an overseas posting was blocked because there was a high risk he would need medical attention overseas. The facts Mr Owen is disabled, suffering from multiple…
Working Time: The ECJ holds that employers must have a system for measuring daily working time of all workers By Nick Chronias The European Court of Justice has held that member states must require employers to set up a system for measuring actual daily working time for individual workers in order to enable verification of compliance with working time limits. UK legislation…
Unfair Dismissal: Dismissal of a Christian employee for proselytising was not unfair By Nick Chronias An NHS Trust did not unfairly dismiss a Christian nurse who had continued to proselytise to patients following a management instruction not to do so. The facts Mrs Kuteh, a committed Christian, was employed by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust as…
Employment Matters - June 2019 By Nick Chronias DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector. Unfair Dismissal: Dismissal of a Christian employee for proselytising was not unfair An NHS Trust did not…
The compliance change all regulated firms need to know about By David Sims Most FCA solo-regulated firms will have to implement SMCR by the end of this year. David Sims, employment partner and head of the SMCR practice at law firm DAC Beachcroft tells you everything you need to know.
