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General Guidance, Law Changes, News

Should I start making redundancies?

In one of the final Acts of the Conservative government, a Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement (the Code) more commonly known as “fire and rehire” was passed through Parliament and came into effect on 18 July 2024. This is a statutory code which must be taken into account but it is nowhere near as robust as the Labour Party would like (see our review of the 2024 manifesto here), we can therefore, expect to see further changes to the fire and rehire rules.

Care, Law Changes

Care workers refusing to be vaccinated

From November 11 2021, all care home workers will be required two doses of the Covid jab. This measure was announced in June 2021 to ‘boost uptake’ and ‘protect vulnerable residents’.
However, since the date has drawn closer it has now been estimated that tens of thousands of care home workers are set to lose their job on Thursday.

Resign or be dismissed?
General Guidance, Redundancy

Resign or be dismissed?

An employment relationship is usually terminated in one of two ways: a resignation or a dismissal. We explain both below but the purpose of this blog is to examine what happens when an employer says “resign or be dismissed” or tries to force a resignation from an employee.