Category: Employment
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Flexible working reforms
The government has published its response to the 2021 consultation on “Making flexible working the default”. In its response the government outlined the following proposed reforms: Although the government’s response reiterates that it remains a right to request (rather than a right to have), these reforms will make it easier for employees to make flexible…
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Reasonable Adjustments At School and The Workplace
“Disability does not have to be a social barrier. Good etiquette stats with inclusion, not exclusion.” Robert M.Hensel Two in five disabled employees are not receiving the reasonable adjustments they need from their employer, a poll has found. The survey of 400 workers, conducted by Pearn Kandola, found that 27 per cent of individuals who…
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Supreme Court Ruling On Holiday Pay For Part-Year Workers
All workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday each year, and a recent case at the Supreme Court has clarified how this should be calculated for people who do not work every week of the year or those who have zero hours contracts. Fundamentally, the Supreme Court ruled that holiday pay for workers…
Jessica Jarvis 