MP Alex McIntyre has introduced a private member’s bill to the House of Commons which will introduce “Safe Leave” for victims of domestic violence. The bill currently proposes up to 10 days of paid leave to enable survivors of domestic abuse to deal with issues such as finding a place of safety, protecting family members,[…]
What’s New for 2025? Consultations on Employment Rights Bill The Employment Rights Bill includes 28 separate reforms and marks the first in a series of phases of the government’s delivery of its Plan to Make Work Pay. The legislation removes the two-year qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal, as well as introducing day-one[…]
We will be closed between Monday 23rd December and Friday 3rd January 2025 inclusive. We wish everyone a very happy and peaceful holiday season and look forward to supporting employers and employees in all areas of employment law in the new year. The Mulberry’s Team
I have a confession. Yesterday I attended a Speed Awareness Course having been caught going (slightly) over the speed limit. I learnt a lot and appreciated the refresher in things I had forgotten about road safety. One thing I found interesting was the amount of people on the course who spoke of intense pressure from[…]
‘Gender-critical’ beliefs, including a belief that biological sex is dimorphic, important, immutable and distinct from gender identity, are protected under the Equality Act and the European Convention on Human Rights following the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in 2021 in a case bought by Maya Forstater against CGD Europe. To qualify as a ‘philosophical[…]
The EHRC Guidance on the new preventative duty to prevent sexual harassment at work states that: “An employer is unlikely to be able to comply with the preventative duty unless they carry out a risk assessment.” So what is a sexual harassment risk assessment and what steps should employers take to prevent the risks it identifies? Zoe Lagadec, Founder and Principal Solicitor is[…]
Document Pack on the New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment at Work The new duty to prevent sexual harassment came into effect at the end of October. It is difficult to overstate the sea change this creates in terms of the way employers should address sexual harassment at work. The new duty is pro-active and[…]
The minimum wage for over 21s, otherwise known as the National Living Wage, will rise by 6.7%, from £11.44 to £12.21 from April 2025. For someone working full time, or a 37.5 hour week, that equates to £23,873.60 a year, up from £22,368.06. For 18 to 20-year-olds, the minimum wage will rise from £8.60 to[…]
In Thomas v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and anor Mr Thomas had been engaged through an employment agency to deliver consultancy services to the Trust for just under three months. He was notified by the employment agency that his assignment had been terminated because it had come to light that he had[…]
In Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, the Supreme Court has decided that contracts between part-time football referees and their administrative body, which were entered into on each occasion that they were engaged to officiate at a particular match, met the minimum requirements necessary to establish their status[…]