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EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE
Employment Law Update By Lorna Gemmell, HR & EL Training Manager, Law At Work This time last year we had managed to host several sessions in our usual programme of Employment Law updates before lockdown struck and we were prevented from completing sessions in many of our usual locations. It is hard to believe that a year down the line we are still restricted to webinar format. All of our clients have been impacted in one way or another as a result of the pandemic and we have been continually amazed by the resilience displayed by managers, HR and staff during such challenging times. We are pleased to play a part in guiding our clients through the wide range of new and difficult employee relations issues that have arisen, not least the continuously changing furlough scheme! Now that we are emerging from lockdown, our clients are focussing on important issues such as addressing employee reservations about a return to work and the introduction of vaccination and testing policies. Like many employers, you may be considering a possible long-term move to hybrid working
Unfair dismissal Case Summaries Kubilus v Kent Food Ltd The Claimant, a delivery driver, was required in terms of his employer’s handbook to treat clients courteously and to take reasonable steps to safeguard his own health and safety and that of others as a result of his actions at work. The drivers’ handbook also stated that
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customer instructions regarding PPE must be followed. One of the main clients at the depot where the Claimant worked was Tate. Tate required visitors to wear face masks at its site. Despite being asked by two Tate employees the Claimant refused to wear a facemask while in the cab of his vehicle, arguing that his cab was his own private area and wearing a face mask in that environment was not a legal requirement. Tate
