Law at Work - March 2019

Features

Businesses watch out for changes to Modern Slavery Act obligations

The second interim report on MSA makes strong recommendations for the introduction of mandatory information to be included in statements, and legal penalties for non-compliance.

Holiday sickness absence, and what employers can do about it

With bogus holiday sickness claims on the rise, have you reviewed your policies and procedures for dealing with employees when their reported sickness coincides with prescheduled holiday leave?

Case law update

Advocate General's opinion: employers required to record actual daily working time for full-time workers

The AG's rationale was that an absence of a system for measuring the number of hours worked would mean no guarantee that the time limits required would actually be observed.

No direct discrimination where employer's religion or belief is reason for less favourable treatment

A Jewish nursery worker was dismissed by a Jewish nursery for living with her boyfriend, and not being prepared to lie about it. The EAT held that less favourable treatment because of the beliefs of an employer is not enough to find that an employee has been discriminated against because of religion.