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House of Lords to resume scrutiny of Employment Rights Bill

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch

The House of Lords will resume their detailed scrutiny of the Employment Rights Bill at committee stage on Tuesday 3 June. Among the Bill’s proposals are measures to end “exploitative” zero hours contracts, an end to fire and rehire, the introduction of new rights for workers from day one of employment, more access to statutory sick pay, and the introduction of a Fair Work Agency. Committee stage in the Lords involves a line-by-line examination of the individual clauses of the bill.
Indefinite leave to remain proposal could place workers in limbo

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch

Proposals to alter the indefinite leave to remain rules in the UK in the immigration white paper have caused dismay among some overseas workers and raised questions among immigration legal specialists. The white paper says that people coming into the UK will only be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain after 10 years, not the current five. In most EU countries, the application point is set at five years.
Overseas workers bring key benefits to IT and engineering sectors in UK

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch

Migrant workers in IT and engineering professionals have a positive financial impact on the UK and have helped the two sectors expand their skills, a key government report – the first of its kind – has found. A report by the independent Migration Advisory Committee and commissioned by home secretary Yvette Cooper found that migrant workers in both occupation groups made a “significantly positive net fiscal contribution”.
Black workers face greatest risk from workplace surveillance

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher

Black employees are at the highest risk of being targeted by workplace surveillance, according to research from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The think tank claims that the rapid rise in use of technologies such as facial recognition, biometric tracking and keystroke monitoring will hit workers in low-skill and “low-autonomy” jobs the hardest – roles where black and ethnic minority workers are overrepresented.
Missing mug leads to failed race discrimination claim

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch

An employee of electrical goods chain Currys has failed in his claim of race discrimination against the retailer after his mug had gone missing in the office. Employed in a south of England branch of Currys as a credit support associate, Mr Habib succeeded in part of his claim for breach of contract, for which he was awarded £1,210 as damages; the figure represents the amount of notice pay he was owed.
Warning issued over loss of ‘frictionless’ business travel to the US

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Adam McCulloch

Businesses with employees who travel to the US are being warned that there is a new level of risk attached to trips to the country. A prominent immigration lawyer has warned that new vetting procedures operated on a localised level that vary from airport to airport are leading to longer processing times, risk of refusal to admit entry and intrusive screening – even for routine business visits.
Call-handler sues Met Police over reinstatement of offensive colleague

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher

A former 999 call-handler is taking the Metropolitan Police to tribunal after the force reinstated a colleague she had reported for discriminatory behaviour. Issy Vine has accused the Met of breaking its promise to listen to whistleblowers after a damning report by Baroness Louise Casey found it to be institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. A fellow call-handler made a series of comments including describing a rape victim as a “slut”, and was sacked in November 2023.
WFH for an important meeting was acceptable, tribunal rules

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher

An IT director who insisted on working from home for an important meeting was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled. In May 2022 Ben Wicken worked for IT services company Akita Systems, and had been asked to meet with the managing director, Christophe Boudet, in person to resolve a disagreement. Wicken asked if he could attend the mediation meeting on Microsoft Teams instead, as he needed to be at home to supervise gardeners who were carrying out work on his property.
Volvo to cut around 3,000 roles in restructure

1 week ago | personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher

Car manufacturer Volvo will cut around 3,000 jobs as part of cost-saving measures. Most of the redundancies are likely to be office-based positions in Sweden, where the company is based. This will make up around 15% of its white-collar workforce. The company said around 1,000 of the layoffs would be positions currently filled by consultants, then 1,200 employees in Sweden and the remaining 800 from global markets.
Flexible working for teachers initiative extended

2 weeks ago | personneltoday.com | Rob Moss

More teachers could benefit from flexible working thanks to a successful initiative to help improve retention. The government said its Flexible Working Ambassadors programme has been extended for a further year to enable teachers to plan lessons from home, job-share or work flexible hours. Latest figures from the Department for Education (DfE) showed that 46% of teachers had a flexible working arrangement in place in 2024, up 6 percentage points since 2022.