The Government has announced that employers will be able to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) that they have paid to employees who have been off work because of Covid....
During 2021, the Employment Tribunal Service has continued to experience long waiting times and an increasing backlog of cases. However, despite this, 2021 has seen a number of important employment...
To support our GP’s facing tremendous pressure under the wave of the Omicron variant and the booster programme, the Government has introduced a temporary amendment to the Statutory Sick...
“Should we cancel our Christmas party?” Here at ViewHR, this is a question we have been asked on more than one occasion in the past couple of weeks by...
With the Government’s move to Plan B* seeing the introduction of face masks from Friday and working from home if you can from Monday, businesses will be looking for guidance on the...
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), around one in five people in the UK have a disability, and a study by Leeds University estimates that around 70%...
Here at ViewHR, we have covered different aspects of the topic of redundancy in a number of our previous blogs, including exploring alternatives to redundancy, redundancy selection criteria, and...
Workplace expert Acas has published new guidance encouraging employers to explore all options before resorting to fire and rehire tactics when changing employee contracts. In January this year, the...
In a recent ViewHR blog, we discussed strategies employers can employ to engage younger workers such as apprentices and those on Kickstart placements. There are many benefits to employers...
When we think of bullying, one is automatically drawn to memories of the playground bully or perhaps sometimes, think about how one may have treated Fred at school (and...
2nd November marks the start of ‘Stress Awareness Week’ which means, there is no better time to stop and ask ourselves the question “Am I doing ok?” What is...
Regular readers of our blogs here at ViewHR know that we like to stay up-to-date with the latest Employment Tribunal (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) outcomes that may...
Long Covid is a term that is used when a person who has had Covid-19 experiences ongoing symptoms following infection, that cannot be explained by some other cause. According...
Prior to Brexit, freedom of movement between EU states meant that people from other EU nations had the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. This meant...
In recent months, here at ViewHR we have spoken to a number of employers who have recently taken on new employees through either through the Kickstart Scheme or an...
The case of Allay v. Gehlen This ViewHR blog is the latest in our series looking at case law in the field of employment law, and what potential impacts...
Flexible working is a term that has attracted many different connotations over the past 10 years, now more than ever this term is frequently misused and seemingly confused with the incoming ‘hybrid working’ models. In this blog we thought it would be helpful to explore the legal definition...
Bereavement is one of the most devastating things any of us will ever go through. The majority of workers will experience the death of a person close to them during...
It comes as no surprise that admin tasks take up the majority of a business owners time and this can make them feel like they are drowning in paperwork....
In a recent blog we explored potential options for employers to avoid an employment tribunal (available here: https://viewhr.co.uk/how-to-avoid-an-employment-tribunal/). One of the options we identified, alongside mediation and early conciliation,...
Regular readers will know that here at ViewHR we like to stay up-to-date with the latest employment law cases, so that we can bring you the impacts these may have for you as employers. Since our last case law update, employment...
Britain’s employers are struggling with the worst staff shortages since the late 1990s, amid the rush to reopen from lockdown and a sharp drop in overseas workers due to...
