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In recent years, there has been a growing move towards remote working, accelerated by the pandemic.This has been made possible through the use of communications platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Find out more here ➡️ https://t.co/5Yty1dOila

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In the recent case of McClung v Doosan Babcock, the #employment tribunal had to determine whether support for Glasgow Rangers Football Club was a #philosophical belief within the meaning of the #EqualityAct.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/B68q7n4kJy ⚽

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Is Long #COVID a disability? #EmploymentLaw Principal Jon Taylor summarises the recent case of Quinn v Sense Scotland, find out what this means for #Employers ➡️ https://t.co/yIb3Bs8klp

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The Insolvency Service announced that #POFerries will not face any criminal sanctions in respect of the mass #redundancies of nearly 800 #workers who were made #redundant without any notice or consultation period back in March! ➡️ https://t.co/cJWvKnEmJ1

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Here's what's new in the #Employment sector this month👇

📢 Recommendations for #ZeroHours Contracts
📢 Reports of #FurloughFraud
📢 New data on working patterns of #parents
📢 New #DomesticAbuse guidance

Our team have summarised the key updates here ➡️https://t.co/T300bbZaOy

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Only a third of eligible new #fathers in the UK are taking #paternity leave due to the low level of pay on offer. Just 204,000 fathers took paternity leave in 2021/22 compared to 636,000 mothers who took #maternity leave👶

➡️ https://t.co/7tpzdbF9XH

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Here's what's new in the #Employment sector this month...

📢 #Holiday & Pay for ‘Part-Year #Workers’
📢 Questions around #Workplace #Discrimination
📢 Employment Status & Rights
📢 £22,000 Awarded in Discrimination Case

Read more here ➡️https://t.co/zzoFU2uPgK

#LegalUpdates

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Here's what's new in the #Employment sector this month...

📢 New #FitNote Regulations
📢 Improvements to #Apprenticeships
📢 #Menopause Related Claims Double
📢 Prevalence of #LongCovid Symptoms

Read the key updates here ➡️https://t.co/1TewdNopfY

#LegalUpdates #TheEMWway

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📢 New ET Road Map
📢 #Pensions Regulator performing spot checks on #Employers
📢 Gov Guidance on offering work to individuals fleeing #Ukraine
📢 Ban of #exclusivity clauses in #EmploymentContracts

Our team have summarised the key updates here ➡️https://t.co/uBvI82A6gR

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📣 #Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members arriving in the UK may have the right to #live, #work and #study in the UK.

Read more from our #Employment team who shared a variety of updates that came into force recently ➡️ https://t.co/zl86kwQjdb

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The #ECHR in 'Lee v The United Kingdom' said they would not reconsider the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of 'Lee v Ashers Baking Co Ltd'

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#Cake 🍰 #LGBTIQ #Discrimination #HumanRights #LegalUpdate #TheEMWway

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The insurance firm, Saga, has recently become the first UK #employer to offer leave to its #employees to celebrate the birth of a grandchild! 👶

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/JY2tiDMtIX

#PaidGrandparentLeave #Maternity #Paternity #HR #WorkplaceWellbeing #LegalUpdate #TheEMWway

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In Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Limited [2021], the Court of Appeal held that an #employee who suffered from paranoid delusions did not have a #disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.

Find out more here 👉 https://t.co/UewKqQymnt

#Equality #Update #TheEMWway

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The #Government recently asked #Acas to produce clearer #guidance to help #employers explore alternative options when considering #contractual changes...

For those of you who have been waiting, these guidelines are finally here! 👉 https://t.co/e3c38YcuFE

#FireandRehire

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#Businesses are continuing to face unique challenges in the post-#lockdown world...

In our latest update, we provide an #employers’ Q&A for some of the most common #COVID #workplace sickness #absence queries 👉 https://t.co/7uGv5JlRHm

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The use of #SharedParentalLeave falls 17% in a year! 📉

The scheme is still only being used by a small fraction of eligible #parents, five years after introduction.

Find out more in our latest update 👉 https://t.co/cGI3ftxS3T

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The #government has started its consultation on highly anticipated plans to strengthen #flexibleworking rights.

Find out more in our latest #EmploymentLaw update 👉 https://t.co/if9apCCHMK

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Under s.20 #EqualityAct 2010 it takes more than just the establishment of a #disability for the duty to arise.

We will be looking at what it takes at our next #EmploymentLaw #webinar.

Find out more & book your place 👉 https://t.co/Thek4sURxU

#ReasonableAdjustments

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Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Late Summer #EmploymentLaw Webinar last week! 💻

As the session was so popular we're running it again on 20 October, so if you couldn't join us, make sure you book your place below!

👉 https://t.co/D1Jk6X34Rj

#LegalUpdate #HR #Employers

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From an #Employment perspective, there have been quite a few recent updates in the world of #Covid19.

#EmploymentLaw Solicitor, Andra Stanton, discusses the top 5 in our latest update 👉 https://t.co/3Yqc1r8dKF

#FlexibleWorking #Travel #Vaccination #LegalUpdate #TheEMWway