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From time to time we will post news articles and announcements relating to the firm and to various legal issues that may be of interest to you.
Changes to the Law on Tipping
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
On 24 September 2021 the Government announced that there would be changes to the current laws on staff tips based on its findings from the Consultation on Tipping, Gratuities, Cover and Service Charges in 2016 (All tips to go to staff under governmen
Employment:The Workplace Post Covid Restrictions
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
While the pandemic is not yet over, the lifting of the majority of restrictions across the UK means a return to closer to normal than we have been used to for some time. In this article we look at implications for employment and the workplace, includ
Employer’s duty to prevent sexual harassment: Outcome of the government consultation
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
The UK government has published its response to a consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace. The consultation ran from July to October 2019 and was, in part, a response to the #MeToo movement. The aim behind the consultation was to gather ev
Home and hybrid working: current employment law essentials for people professionals
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
This article was co-authored with Dr Gill Maxwell of CIPD for publication on the CIPD website What do HR practitioners need to know and do regarding contractual issues and health and safety law?  The CIPD has supported the people profe
Mental Health and Stress in the Workplace
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
Research has consistently shown that employee stress levels have risen in line with the demands of the twenty-first century workplace. The CIPD publish a survey on health and wellbeing at work, and reported in 2019 that mental ill health was increasi
April Employment Update
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
Each April the government generally makes changes which come into effect with the changing of the tax year, including changes to statutory rates for various employment related payments and the national minimum wage. In this blog we note some of this
Covid-19: Can Employers Carry Out Testing in the Workplace?
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
Employees being infected with Covid-19 can have a significant impact in the workplace, including lost productivity and the self-isolation of groups of employees who may have been exposed, not to mention the potentially severe impact on the health of
‘Sleep-in’ workers only entitled to Minimum Wage when awake and working
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake & Shannon v Rampersad and another (T/A Clifton House Residential Home) [2021] UKSC 8, known as the “Mencap case”, which concerned how employers should be pa
Furlough extended to September 2021
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
Last week the Chancellor announced that the furlough scheme will be further extended to last until 30th September 2021, meaning at that stage the scheme will have been running for 18 months. This is likely to be welcome given the indications are that
The end of the road for Uber
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
The highly publicised case Uber BV and others v Aslam and others has reached the end of its litigation journey with the Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers should be classed as ‘workers’ and not independent, third-party contractors as Uber had arg
Brexit and the GDPR – What Has Changed?
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
When the UK left the EU on 31st January 2020, the GDPR continued to apply in the UK during the agreed transition period. On 1st January 2021, this period ended and the GDPR as it originally came into force in 2018 no longer applies to the UK. So what
Scottish Government Guidance on Homeworking
Miller Samuel Hill Brown
Employment Law
The Scottish Government has published guidance for employers on homeworking, which ties in with the most recent lockdown regulations. The regulations, which came into force on 5th January 2021 implementing the most recent lockdown, require those resp
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