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A pregnant care assistant sacked after wanting to opt out of a 48 hour plus working week has won more than £35,000 in compensation. The case again reinforces how employers must take medical conditions and other factors into consideration when staff request changes to working hours. Mrs. Peart was unfairly dismissed, the Middlesbrough Employment Tribunal […]
EU Migrant Post Brexit Salary Threshold May Be Reviewed. The £30.000 per annum pre-tax salary threshold for migrant workers post-Brexit may be reviewed, employers of domestic staff will be interested to learn. The possible change to the threshold has been announced by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/politics/news/104817/sajid-javid-orders-review-%C2%A330000-salary-threshold-immigrants-post The present focus on £30,000 originated last year […]
A potentially huge increase in paternity leave for fathers that could affect many employers, is on the cards. Theresa May could raise the current two weeks’ statutory allowance of £148 per week or 90% of usual pay, whichever is lower, to 12 weeks. It would be, she is reported to have said, be one of […]
In a legal judgement this month (June 2019 ) the Court of Appeal has ruled that paid voluntary overtime which is taken regularly should be included in holiday pay calculations, in addition to any “non-guaranteed” overtime. Earlier this year, in two cases before an Employment Tribunal it was ruled that contrary to the views of […]
In a major development in the on-going issue of non-disclosure agreements, a committee of MPs is now calling for specific changes to clauses which, when wrongly used, handcuff employees in taking their case to a tribunal. In some cases say the Women and Equalities Committee, “gagging clauses” in non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are being used to […]
A survey by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that 41% of pregnant workers feel that their work risked their health. Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, employers must protect the health and safety of new and expectant mothers, while the 2010 Equality Act also provides protection from […]
There has been considerable publicity recently about the stress of work on women and how many more are engaging household domestic staff like yourself as an answer. But what about the stress of that responsibility on yourself? After all, you are often shouldering the workload of assisting to run a home. Cooking and cleaning, childcare, […]
Under UK law, employees do not have the legal right to attend medical appointments in work time, so what happens when you need to attend? For doctors’ appointments, hospital appointments and dental appointments your employer is entitled to take the time out of your holiday allowance. There are, as expected certain exceptions, and it is […]
The issue of Mental Health has been in the spotlight recently with Mental Health Awareness Week running from the 13th May to 19th May. It is perhaps a time for extra thought to be given to your domestic staff, many of whom may be living in another country to their family. Living and working in […]
Is there a domestic answer to womens’ workplace stress? Some revealing figures in new research highlight the stress that many female staff suffer at work and poses the question: is there a “domestic” solution? Cigna, the workplace health benefits provider says that heavy workloads made 17% of women feel stressed with one in 10 female […]
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