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Background Should workers receive payment for sleep-in shifts? You may have read our previous article on this subject which was written around the Summer of 2017. The full article can be accessed by clicking here. Since writing this article, the case of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake has been taken to the Court of Appeal. In …

Introduction If an employee has been in continuous employment in the UK for over two years and they believe they have been unfairly dismissed, they have the right to pursue a claim for unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal. Employers are required to follow a fair disciplinary procedure, usually involving stages of warnings, before they …

With the introduction of GDPR, there has been a large focus upon personal data recently. A huge area of risk is with email. The majority of people now use emails on a daily basis, both personally and professionally and they become so second nature that we can forget the risks that may be associated with …

With the FIFA World Cup upon us, we felt it necessary to illustrate some challenges from an employment law perspective. Our goal with this article is to provide some advice to employers so they know the score when it comes to World Cup issues. (We promise to keep the football puns to a minimum!).

We’ve been loving the recent warm weather. With it set to continue, we wanted to have a look at the rules and regulations about high temperatures in the workplace. Yes, they apply in Scotland too! It’s no fun being stuck in the office on a sunny day but we’ll set out the basics, below, so …