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How to deal with the HR implications of redundancy process during the pandemic

PostedJune 10, 2020

With Rishi Sunak’s announcement that the Coronavirus Job Retention or ‘Furlough’ scheme is to be phased out, employers who have been using this will be thinking about their next steps....

Varying contracts of employment

PostedJune 10, 2020

There are many reasons why a business would seek to vary the terms of someone’s contract of employment. Perhaps a business is relocating and so the place of work clause...

EU Settlement Scheme: one year to go to apply for settled status

PostedJune 3, 2020

Today marks the countdown of one year to go for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme. This Scheme enables EU citizens and their family members who have been resident in...

Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“furlough scheme”)

PostedJune 1, 2020

On 12 May, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention, or “furlough” Scheme was to be extended, providing additional support for wages until October. In that announcement, he...

Managing Teams Remotely

PostedMay 11, 2020

You may have a mix of people working for your business i.e. those working from home, those currently on furlough and those continuing to attend the workplace while maintaining social...

Agile Working after Lockdown

PostedMay 7, 2020

As the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, briefs the nation on a gradual relaxing of the UK’s lockdown, many employers are starting to consider how best to bring employees back into...

Employees reluctant to return to work during the virus outbreak and after Furlough

PostedMay 5, 2020

While we at Ashtons HR Consulting are all working from home, some businesses are continuing and require their employees to go into the workplace. We have had a few enquiries...

Providing a safe working environment during the coronavirus outbreak and the possible consequences of failing to protect your employees

PostedApril 29, 2020

Technology giant Amazon could be under threat of legal action from New York’s Attorney General following claims of the dismissal of an employee who organised a walkout in protest at...

Resilience and Coronavirus

PostedApril 3, 2020

This is a worrying time for everyone. For businesses, for families, for the vulnerable, for children not able to go to school. There seems to be no escaping the current...

Successful constructive dismissal claim for Secretary who was asked to be involved in discriminatory recruitment process

PostedFebruary 25, 2020

In a recent case heard at a Bristol Employment Tribunal, Hobbs v Avon Care Homes, a secretary has successfully claimed constructive unfair dismissal after being asked to be involved in...

Good Work Plan – What is Changing?

PostedFebruary 6, 2020

The Good Work Plan was a consultation following the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. Following that consultation, various pieces of legislation are to be enacted. Generally, the Good Work...

Ethical veganism is a philosophical belief

PostedJanuary 3, 2020

Update! Following on from yesterday’s article an employment tribunal has held that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and so entitles ethical vegans from protection against discrimination. The claimant Jordi...