TheCarer’s Leave Billaims to introduce the ri 1/10/2023ght for carers to take a week’s unpaid leave in any 12-month period to care for a dependant with a long-term care need. This right would be available from the first day of employment with the aim that such leave could b...
Indirect DiscriminationDiscrimination by AssociationPart-Time WorkersColemanThe article explores the extent to which EU non-discrimination law prohibits employment related discrimination that is directly or indirectly based on a worker'Social Science Electronic Publishing...
Zero-hours contracts are not being banned altogether. It should be noted that while employers will be required to make a 'guaranteed hours offer', it can be for a limited term where reasonable. Having said that, the employer will need to rebut the presumption that it is not for a limited...
The changes are aimed at addressing anomalies in the previous rules as they applied to such workers. A Supreme Court decision in 2022 found that it was not permissible for the leave entitlement for such workers to be pro-rated downwards to reflect hours actually worked. This created the possibi...
Employees of 26 weeks or more can ask for flexible working, not just parents and carers. All applications must be considered in a reasonable manner. What types of flexible working are there? Job sharing – where two people do one job and share the hours. Working from home. Part-time worki...
Law firm Howes Percival has highlighted the seven key areas of employment law that employers need to be prepared for in 2022. Paula Bailey, Partner and employment law expert atHowes Percivalexplains, “2022 promises to be another very interesting year for employment law. The coronavirus pandemic ...
Caring for adults in the EU: Work–life balance and challenges for EU law Unpaid carers of adults, as a group, have, until recently, been largely neglected by the EU. While a number of provisions of EU law – including anti-discr... Horton,Rachel - 《Journal of Social Welfare & Famil...
Regardless of your position, or your current circumstances, Gorvins’ employment law solicitors in Stockport understand the difficulties that arise when you are experiencing problems at work. We all know that incidents in the workplace can leave us feeling stressed and emotionally drained, which is ...
social care workers and foster carers. Tender’s programmes include Healthy Relationships projects delivered across England, projects delivered using online resources and technology, specialist projects for vulnerable children and young people, whole school and whole setting approaches, and training for profe...
Three quarters of all carers who responded to the survey were of working age: two thirds were employed and one third had been employed previously. The majority of working carers were mid-life extra-resident women. Over half of cared for relatives were elderly parents/in law; 'physical illness...