An agency worker is someone with a special working arrangement. An agency worker has a contract with an employment agency. A ‘hiring organisation’ asks the employment agency to supply them with someone for a temporary assignment. It is a common misconception that agency workers cannot accrue rights against the employer. This is not the case. …
These are difficult and uncertain times. With recent news that we are formally in a recession people’s economic situations are in jeopardy with the impact on people’s health, wealth and wellbeing a huge concern. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development estimates that a quarter of UK employers are expected to make some redundancies due …
On Saturday 25th July 2020, the Government announced that anyone arriving from Spain from 26th July (the next day) onwards would have to undergo a 14 day quarantine period following their arrival. As you can imagine, many people were not happy with this announcement, as this would make a return to work not possible unless …