What’s Happening?

What’s Happening?

What’s Happening?

Call to ban out-of-hours emails from bosses

Call to ban out-of-hours emails from bosses

Prospect, a trade union is calling for the government to give employees a legally binding ‘right to disconnect.’ This would ban bosses from “routinely emailing or calling” outside of working hours, and any emails sent at these times could be automatically deleted to...

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Why businesses should celebrate time off

Why businesses should celebrate time off

Burnout continues to be a big problem in the workplace, and the stats back this up. In a recent survey of 2,000 office workers conducted by Spill, a mental health management company, 51% of UK workers said that they have experienced symptoms of burnout over the past...

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Employment Tribunal awards contractor furloughed holiday pay

Employment Tribunal awards contractor furloughed holiday pay

The COVID-19 pandemic and support schemes in place for businesses have caused confusion for both employers and employees, and as a result we are anticipating an increase in employment tribunals. A recent employment tribunal has found a recruitment agency incorrectly...

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Monitoring Employees Working From Home

Monitoring Employees Working From Home

You may have had employees working from home for over a year. Whilst initially this was an immediate reaction to the government’s first lock down in March 2020, home working looks as though it is here to stay for some, whether that be permanent working from home or a...

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