Your Employment Webinar – Flexible Working Special – February 2022 Working life is changing and flexible working is very much

The Court of Appeal has confirmed in an important Judgment in the case of Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 70, that a worker will be entitled to carry forward into subsequent leave years, all holiday which is untaken (or taken but unpaid) and that the worker’s claim for the entire amount will crystallise upon termination.

With the guidance to work from home if you can now lifted, employers should be seriously focussing on what their working arrangements will be moving forward. Many organisations are considering hybrid working arrangements and these should be nailed down sooner rather than later so that a clear message can be sent to staff about what is expected of them.

UK employment law is constantly evolving and the team at Jones Chase prides itself on ensuring that our clients stay ahead of the curve.
Important changes are forthcoming and it is our pleasure to share with you our top employment law points to look out for in 2022.

Have you been wondering what you might have missed as we have left 2021, a year in which we saw two landmark Supreme Court decisions? 2021 brought us confirmation that “sleep-in” care workers are not entitled to minimum wage while asleep. In addition, Uber drivers are classed as ‘’workers’’ and entitled to basic employment rights, which caused a ripple effect within the gig economy. However, this was just the tip of the 2021 Employment Law iceberg.

You may be turning your mind to how to best manage holiday requests from staff, bearing in mind that many organisations’ holiday year ends on 31 December. Staff may have taken less holiday this year than normal due to the lock down earlier in the year, being on furlough or possibly not manging to go on the holiday they would have liked. They may, therefore, have more holiday than usual left to take.
Set out in this article are Jones Chase’s top 5 tips for managing workers’ holiday successfully.

Employment contracts are almost always written by employers and are therefore employer-friendly. As an incoming member of staff, you are doing business on their terms, so to speak.

Here, Zainab Hakim from Jones Chase explains the top 6 mistakes we see employees make when it comes to signing up to their new employment contract when joining a company.