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Supporting employee mental health in the workplace
One year on since the implementation of the first national lockdown, living in a third lockdown and with reports of a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe, we are all feeling the strain. Unsurprisingly, stress, anxiety and depression are the mental health...
What is “Automatic Unfair Dismissal” – and why can’t I defend it?
Where your former employee brings an unfair dismissal claim to Employment Tribunal (“ET”) and establishes that their dismissal was for one of the automatically unfair reasons set down in law, you will not be able to defend the claim – the ET will not be interested in...
Does my employee have the right to a redundancy appeal?
In our June Advice on redundancies view here, we highlighted the need to follow a fair consultation process with your affected employee(s) and included the ACAS recommendation to offer the right of appeal against a redundancy decision. In this month’s Advice, Odin HR...
The flexible furlough scheme
As an employer, may I put an employee on “flexible furlough” through the Government’s updated scheme and how does this work? The first thing to know is that it’s now too late to put somebody on furlough for the first time. The closing date was 10 June*...... ……....
Redundancy: Using an interview process for selection
As an employer, may you reasonably use a competitive interview process when considering potentially redundant employees for alternative employment? In the case of Gwynedd Council v Barrett, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has said “Yes, you can”. This...
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