Here is the news.
We kick off this weeks news with a look at the DVLA strike and COVID safety at work.(1)At the same time the Health and Safety Executive have reported that workplace COVID infections have risen by a third.(2) Equally, long term sickness absence is at a record high particularly in relation to mental health issues and disabilities.(3)The Information Commissioners’s Office has released new guidance on monitoring at work.(4) We also have November’s Employment Bulletin.(5)The recruitment agent Indeed has published its, ‘Hiring and Workplace Trends Report 2023’ which has confirmed what was already known, that UK employers face a dwindling workforce.(6)
Moving onto caselaw, the EAT finds that the impact of proposed ‘adjustments’ made them not ‘reasonable’(7)In another disability related case, a court finds that an employee who was made redundant during the COVID pandemic had been unfairly dismissed due to her dyslexia.(8)A new EAT decision re-defines the parameters of the ‘employment relationship,’ changing caselaw which has stood for fourteen years.(9)Age discrimination claims have increased six fold this year.(10) The TUC report on the inherently damaging effects of flexible working for women.(11) We conclude this week with a look at the future of the four day week.(12)
