A cleaning company has been ordered to pay a former employee almost £13,000 in compensation after a tribunal ruled she had been unfairly dismissed. Mrs Sparks began working for DB Cleaners as an administrator in 2012. Three years later the company was bought out by a larger firm who installed their own managers to oversee
HMRC published updated official guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 4 April 2020. We have summarised the key points from the guidance below. What is Furlough? 1) Where an employer does not have sufficient work for its workforce to complete, it may ask people to stay at home on a period of furlough.2)
Eligibility To benefit from the Scheme, the following conditions must be met: You must be self-employed or a member of a Partnership and have traded in 2019/2020, with the intention to continue trading into 2021; A self-assessment tax return must have been filed for 2018/2019. The deadline for filing has been extended to 23rd April
On Monday 6th April at 9 am, we launch our first Aylesbury Corporate Network webinar in collaboration with Hains Watts, HR Inspire and Handelsbanken. We will be discussing Covid-19 and providing guidance on a variety of topics including the Job Retention scheme (aka furlough) and the self-employed corona virus scheme. We have experts covering banking,
HMRC published the first official guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 26 March 2020. We have summarised the key points from the guidance below. Eligibility 1) The Scheme is open to all UK employers that operated a PAYE payroll scheme on or before 28 February 2020. 2) Claims cannot be submitted on behalf
A secretary who resigned after her managing director said she wouldn’t employ someone because she was black has won her claim of unfair dismissal. Caroline Hobbs worked for Avon Care Homes from November 2015 until she resigned without notice in April 2018. This followed an employment search for a new care home manager in which
The Government is to step up its naming and shaming of employers who fail to pay their workers the National Minimum or Living Wage. Meanwhile, it will increase support for employers to help them comply with low pay legislation. It says the changes, which follow a review of the process, will see naming rounds occur
An employer has won a dispute over whether an employee was entitled to three months’ notice while on a fixed-term contract. The case involved a teacher, Ms Kilraine. Her letter of engagement stated that she would be employed from 1 September 2013 until 31 August 2014. The letter identified the applicable pay scale for her
The workplace advisory service Acas has issued new guidelines for employers making it clear that they cannot use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence employees who want to make claims of sexual harassment or discrimination. Acas Chief Executive Susan Clews said: “”The news has reported on victims coming forward that have alleged appalling abuse by high-profile figures who
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a decision that a police officer was discriminated against due to assumptions about her hearing impairment. The officer wanted to transfer to Norfolk, but her application was rejected by the Acting Chief Inspector, who said her hearing was not up to the medical standard required to perform front-line duties.