Final Claims for Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme

Few human activities are entirely risk free but, when deciding whether to authorise potentially hazardous developments, planning professionals have to keep the worst-case scenario well in mind. In a case on point, the High Court opened the way for construction of a commercial heliport despite fears that its proximity to huge fuel storage depots would present a risk of catastrophe. The heliport was proposed for a site in the docklands area of a major city. Within a few hundred metres of the…

As part of the legislative programme set out in the King’s Speech, the government has outlined changes to be included in the Employment Rights Bill, which is set to be introduced within the first 100 days of the new parliament. Proposed changes include:Banning exploitative zero-hours contracts. Workers will have a right to a contract that reflects the hours they regularly work in practice, ensuring all jobs provide a baseline level of security and predictability. It is also proposed that…

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that poultry workers were not ‘working’ while travelling from their homes to farms where they carried out their duties and back again, and were not entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for the time spent travelling. The employees worked on poultry farms around the country. Their employer provided a minibus to collect them from their home addresses each day and take them to the first farm, and take them home again from the last farm.…