In many situations the date on which someone receives notice of termination of employment and the corresponding date on which termination takes effect are neither here nor there. In other cases they can be critically important. One such case was recently considered by the Court of Appeal in Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation v Sandi Haywood.…
The Office for National Statistics has published its annual report on sickness absence covering 2016, revealing that absence was the lowest recorded since records began in 1993. There were an estimated 137.3 million working days lost, equivalent to 4.3 days per worker. The most common reasons for absence were coughs and colds (accounting for 34…
In a somewhat surprising decision, given the views expressed in some other recent cases, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided that a ban on wearing headscarves at work does not (necessarily) constitute direct discrimination with reference to religion or belief. In Achbita, Centrum voor Gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding v…
We are often asked what is the best approach to dealing with an employee who has been on extended sick leave. In general, it is necessary to establish that the employee is not going to be fit to return to work (on a full or partial basis) for the foreseeable future. Without this there is…