EML Blogs

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Whether you’re navigating policy changes, looking for ways to boost employee engagement, or exploring HR solutions, you’ll find fresh, relevant content to support and inspire your strategy.

Check back regularly for new articles, features, and thought leadership tailored to the evolving world of HR, Employment Law and Health, Safety and Wellbeing.

HR / Employment Law News

At what point is a person with cancer deemed to be disabled under the Equality Act 2010?

The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against someone on the grounds of a protected characteristic, one of which, is disability. Under the Act, a disability is a physical or…

23 November 2021

HR / Employment Law News

Calculating Deductions for National Minimum Wage

On the surface, the concept of a National Minimum Wage (NMW) may appear a simple one. For every hour worked an employee or worker aged 23 and over must receive a minimum…

16 November 2021

ACAS Employment Law, HR / Employment Law News

New Acas advice on “firing and rehiring”

Acas has just published advice aimed at dissuading employers from ”firing and rehiring” employees, with their Chief Executive, Susan Clews, stating: “Our new advice is clear that fire and rehire is an…

15 November 2021

HR / Employment Law News

One size doesn’t fit all

With restrictions easing and the rise in the number of people being double vaccinated, discussions around returning to the workplace have been high on the agenda for many business owners over the…

4 November 2021

General

EML – Your True People Partner

At EML, we’re more than just your HR partner – we’re your people partner. Putting your people first is important to every aspect of HR. That’s why we offer specialist services in…

27 September 2021

HR / Employment Law News

Will a refusal to hold an appeal always render a dismissal unfair?

For those of you in HR, the answer may surprise you…because it’s “No”! In certain circumstances, a dismissal can still be fair even where the employer refuses to hear an appeal. Now,…

23 September 2021

General

Temporary Adjustments to Right to Work Checks Extended

The Government has announced that temporary adjustments to the procedure for undertaking Right to Work checks which were introduced in June 2020, and which allow employers to check scanned copies of documents…

27 August 2021

Disciplinary Procedures, Grievance Policy, Hints & Tips, HR / Employment Law News

Did sending a pregnant woman home during lockdown amount to discrimination?

That is the question the Tribunal had to answer in the recent case of Prosser v Community Gateway Association Ltd and they found, on the facts of this case, that it did…

9 August 2021

HR / Employment Law News

We’re all going on a summer holiday……..or are we?

The sun is shining, school is out and the pubs are open, all great news for the popularity of the UK ‘staycation’, but many people are still thinking of booking/re-booking a long…

22 July 2021

HR / Employment Law News

Feeling Hot Hot Hot: Tips on working in high temperatures

The UK is currently experiencing a heatwave, summer is here at last, and once again we are being asked about what employers must do for their employees working in high temperatures. The…

20 July 2021

HR / Employment Law News

Preparing for a return to the workplace – Health & Safety Measures

Since the pandemic hit the UK, people’s homes have become for many their main place of work. But just as we’ve settled in and got used to our video calls freezing, Amazon…

19 July 2021

HR / Employment Law News

Changes to Right to Work Checks and the closure of the Settlement Scheme

With a number of changes related to ‘Right to Work’ processes looming, we take a look at what’s changing and what’s required of you as an employer in order to remain legally…

1 July 2021