Quite topical this one. Put briefly, reports of coronavirus spreading to new countries (and expanding within those countries) are ever increasing and it seems slightly inevitable that the World Health Organisation (WHO) may well declare the virus to constitute a worldwide pandemic in the coming days. But, quite simply, there is little use in making…
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…
In Monmouthshire County Council -v- Harris the Employment Appeal Tribunal was asked to review a finding in the Cardiff Employment Tribunal that Mrs Harris was unfairly dismissed and that the dismissal was an act of disability discrimination. At a remedy hearing in September 2014 she was awarded £238,216.37. The Employment Appeal Tribunal proceeded on the basis…