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  1. Can an employer refuse to pay statutory sick pay?

    When the claimant was absent from work sick, his employers, who had been told that he had been seen working elsewhere, refused to pay him statutory sick pay without authorisation from the benefits agency. The claimant’s solicitor wrote to the employers stating that they were not entitled to withhold sick pay. The...

    Case | 24 Oct 2008

  2. Company sick pay

    ...d; 3)reasons for non-payment on any other days. The employee should discuss any disputed decision with the employer first, but has the right of appeal to the local DSS insurance officer. If HMRC rules that SSP is payable and an employer still refuses to pay, the responsibility for paying SSP can be transferred to HMRC. furthermore, and more importantly A person who qualifies for SSP may bring a complaint for breach of contract if her/his employer fails to pay SSP. The right to SSP may be treated as a contractual term implied by statute. Where the employment has ended, the claim for breac...

    Comment | 22 Oct 2008

  3. Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill

    ...nd Workplace Law turns 15. eMPLOyMent uPdate 13 NEWS UK joins seven other countries in statement of concerns about the proposed new Pregnant Workers Directive; and research shows disabled people are restricted in their access to paid employment. 45 END NOTE Our first cover star, Susan Campbell Duncan, on the provisions for disabled people in the Equality Act. 34 PENSIONS PROvISION Many people find the details of pensions provision confusing. Alice Hill explains both state and private pensions, and some of the proposed changes. 22 TESTING TIMES Matthew Powell-Howard, Accreditation Manager at N...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

  4. Swine flu - the worst still yet to come?

    ...educe the risk of swine flu spreading in the workplace, and may enable employers to utilize staff who are able to perform some of their functions remotely, even if they are unable to physically attend work. However, flexible working arrangements will not suit all businesses and, even for those that can accommodate it, a host of challenging issues (e.g. ensuring compliance with relevant legislation on health and safety and working time, safeguarding business confidentiality and complying with data protection requirements in the home environment) will arise. Redeploying staff to jobs they would not...

    News analysis | 6 Aug 2009

  5. 48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max

    ...age 28 NEBOSH National General Certificate: choose your direction STUDY OVER 10 WEEKS Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL The worlds of health and safety, employment and premises management are forever changing, but it is not often we have a day where breaking news is quite as significant as on 17 December, when the European Parliament voted on proposed amendments to the Working Time Directive. CLASSROOM IN LONDON 22 FOCuS 12 48: puShING WORKING TImE TO ThE mAx? The European Parliament recently voted 421 to 273 in favour of amendments tabled for the Working Time Directive. Howev...

    Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009

  6. Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Social networking, Facebook, eBay ... The real cost to your business, and what you can do about it :-) INSIDE THIS ISSUE OCTOBER 2007 Issue 31 NEW this month: The data Five pages of key statistics and information, now in every issue Interview: Michelle Mahdon, the Work Foundation Page 20 Plus: Legal calendar | Clinic | Case reports | Technical guidance | Client focus | Comment and ...

    Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007

  7. Return to Work Interviews after Sickness

    ...5kg for the next two weeks' but we do need consent to say 'Mrs Smith had a hysterectomy four weeks ago, so I recommend she should only lift up to 5kg for the next two weeks'. I am not bound to show the report to the employee, I do it because it is best practice. It only works for me because I can touch type. Most occupational physicians cannot produce the report then and there, so it would be impractical for them to show the report before they send it, unless they ask the employee to return to see it later. Some do that, but the delay can end up being very prolonged. You then have to ask...

    Comment | 18 Mar 2009

  8. Employment Tribunals: back to the future?

    ...smitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical or otherwise without the prior permission in writing from the publishers. Although great care has been taken in the compilation and preparation of Workplace Law Magazine to ensure accuracy, neither the publishers nor any of the contributors can in any circumstances accept responsibility for errors, omissions or advice given in this publication. Furthermore, this publication is intended for general information purposes only and professional advice should be sought before applying this information to specific circumstances. Subscribers shou...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2007

  9. Changes to Workplace Law Magazine

    ...EvIDENCE Protecting the integrity and security of personal and "What the proposed Bill will or will not achieve is a matter of much debate, not least from Workplace Law Network members." P.5 3 www.workplacelaw.net iosH Managing safely e-learning Through the Workplace Law Direct Study Centre you can study when you like, where you like, at the speed you want to. IOSH Distance Learning is a unique web-based training course from Workplace Law, leading to the award of the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate. editorial Comment from the Editor ... Workplace Law Group Second Floor, Daedalus House, Stat...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009

  10. Paid holiday – in sickness and in health? The debate goes on

    ...round The case concerned Inland Revenue employees who brought tribunal claims under the Working Time Regulations (WTR) for holiday pay relating to periods when they had been on long-term sick leave and had exhausted their entitlement to sick pay. In 2005 the Court of Appeal held that: · · workers cannot take statutory holiday while on sick leave; and consequently, they are also not entitled to payment in lieu of untaken holiday on termination of their employment. The claimants appealed to the House of Lords, which made a reference to the ECJ asking whether a worker on sick leave can designate ...

    News analysis | 8 Jul 2009

  11. Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth

    ...ne and July. 10 CASE LAW n Health and safety fatality prosecution thrown out of court. n Tips test case upholds minimum wage law. FOCUS 12 TOP TIPS TO CUT COSTS According to a recent survey, one in every three employers is considering changing staff conditions with a view to cutting costs. So how can this be accomplished? And are there other ways to cut costs in a workplace? NeTWORK 19 NO LAUGHING mATTER Media portrayal may have gone nutty, agree members of the Workplace Law forum, following BBC Panorama's health and safety special, 'May contain nuts', but what can be done to address the negat...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009

  12. Employment law is changing - but don't tell anyone how

    ... the Government do next in its employment law overhaul? Page 10 workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network We got it wrong! Apology ­ we hope it's sustainable! Page 7 Interview: How workplace disputes are resolved internationally. Page 18 Challenge: How can the failing Dispute Resolution Procedures be replaced? Page 26 WORKPLACES SUSTAINABLE 36 APRIL 2008 Issue your Have we binned Magazine? Workplace Law Workplaces of the future: Why paying A living wage: isn't the the lowest wages 14 best option. Page could What climate change if we don't mean f...

    Magazine issue | 13 May 2008

  13. Age discrimination: how will it affect recruitment?

    ... Regulations on age discrimination will have the following results. Remove upper age limits for the right to claim unfair dismissal and redundancy payments. Outlaw unjustified age discrimination in recruitment, employment and vocational training, for example: - requirements that candidates have specific amounts of experience will need to be justifiable; - the use of language in job adverts such as 'energetic', 'senior', 'junior', 'recent graduate' and 'mature' may leave recruiters open to claims of age discrimination; and - graduate recruitment programmes generally...

    News | 29 Jul 2005

  14. Rights to holiday pay for employees on sick leave

    ...ourt of Appeal decision in Commissioners of Inland Revenue -v- Ainsworth and Others. The decision (which overturns earlier case law) means that employers who receive a request from a worker on sick leave to convert a period of sick leave into holiday leave and to be paid holiday pay for that period can lawfully refuse the request (as long as there is no separate contractual right to holiday leave whilst off sick). It also means that individuals who are on sick leave throughout an entire holiday year have no right, in terms of the Working Time Regulations, to holiday leave or holiday pay in that y...

    Case | 6 May 2005

  15. Internships – Are you breaking the law?

    ...an wheel clamping. WPL Recruitment is a professional services recruitment agency specialising in facilities management, building services, health and safety, and human resources appointments. Operating from our offices in Cambridge and London, we help clients throughout the UK to find professional candidates for permanent and interim management positions. If you have vacancies in FM, building services, health and safety or HR, please contact us in confidence for discreet specialist support on 01223 431075 or email neil.mcdiarmid@workplacelaw.net. eMPLOyMent uPdate 13 NEWS The default retirement...

    Magazine issue | 3 May 2011

  16. The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference

    ...is issue MAR/APR 2011 Issue 59 Comment: New employment lawyer group addresses sexual orientation discrimination. Page 45 Legal update: Essential guide to proposed changes to Employment Tribunals. Page 16 Blow for freedom? The challenge facing employers with whistleblowers following the Wikileaks scandal. Page 27 CPd Ahead of session at this year's conference, a guide to FM contracts. Good job Neil McDiarmid introduces newlylaunched WPL Recruitment. Page 22 Page 34 Plus: News and case round up of the leading FM, health and safety and HR stories ... group workplace law health and safety iOs...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011

  17. Open for Business

    ...k, following the death of an employee. 40 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on fire. 16 LEGAL UPDATE Common Commencement Date: 6 April 2010 listings; employers have just under a year to prepare for the extension to statutory paternity leave and pay; and employment regulators can be notified of whistleblowing claims brought in tribunals. 09 COMMENT John Holden, new President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) hears of the Tories' health and safety review at the recent IOSH conference. COntinuinG PROfessiOnAL deVeLOPMent 30 PPE PROVISION Maria Ande...

    Magazine issue | 4 May 2010

  18. Common Commencement Date: 6 April 2010

    ...ps, Skills, Children and Learning Act, which received Royal Assent in November 2009, and is explained in a leaflet published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and applies to businesses with 250 or more employees. The employer is not required to fund the training and the time off can be unpaid. Subject to qualifying criteria, if an employee makes a written application, the employer must meet the employee within 28 days and send a written notice of its decision within 14 days of the meeting. Grounds for rejection must fall within ten business reasons set out in the relevant legi...

    News analysis | 6 Apr 2010

  19. Dealing with bogus claimants

    ...business ­ the importance of knowing who your staff really are. 45 ContinuinG PRoFessionaL deVeLoPment 30 HANDLE WITH CARE Workplace Law Health and Safety Consultant, Maria Anderson, with the latest information on ensuring safe manual handling within a workplace. that she had no interest in the vacancies and was making the applications only in order to be able to claim compensation. 08 CASE LAW Six-figure payout for worker shot in training; and mental health charity fined after death of support worker. 40 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on key management issues. Premi...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010

  20. Fit for work

    ... employer to pay them SSP. SSP is currently set at £79.15 a week and some employers will top these payments up with additional sums of money for varying periods of time. To qualify for SSP, an employee must be absent from work due to ill health, and for the first seven days of absence the employee can self-certify their absence. In other words, the employee signs a statement to set out that they are or were too unwell to work. Most employers will have a standard form available for an employee to do this. Under the old regime, for absences of eight days or more, an employee must obtain a form Med...

    News analysis | 16 Jun 2009

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