Law at Work - December 2018

Features

Informal instant messaging at work: is Whatsapp causing a headache?

Instant messages are an increasingly popular method of informal workplace communication, but the blurring of workplace and social communication tools is not without risks for employers. This article explains what employers should do in order to protect their business and their employees.

Immigration re EU settled status etc

How can UK employers support their EU workforce and protect their immigration status after Brexit?

Taylor Wessing launches new SMCR tool

This new online assessment tool helps financial services firms affected by the extended Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) to determine the extent to which the regime will apply to them.

Case law update

Implied term not to dismiss for incapacity if it would stop employee's entitlement to payments from long-term disability plan

The EAT decided that once an employee became entitled to PHI an employer could not dismiss him on the grounds of his continuing incapacity to work.

Workers do not automatically lose right to holiday at the end of a holiday year unless the employer has reminded them that they should take it

For many employers, December marks the end of the holiday year. Workers have the right to carry their untaken holiday forward to the next year unless the employer has enabled them to take their leave and warned them of the consequences of not doing so.

Hot topics

• Auto enrolment and 'the savings sidecar' – helping people to save for emergencies
• Voluntary Reporting on Disability, Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Acas guidance for employers on workplace issues over winter months
• Government's Good Work Plan published