Navigating employee suspension: Best practices for a fair process

The FSP Employment team is excited to host its next HR Forum Networking event with guest speaker Simon Steed from Talkback.

Picture this – your employee requests an advance of holiday pay and a copy of their contract of employment. You deem that to be the employee serving notice to terminate their employment. It turns out that this was not the case. Will that dismissal be fair or unfair?

In Impact Recruitment Services Ltd v Korpysa, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) have ruled that a mistaken, but genuine belief that an employee had resigned, could amount to a fair reason for the dismissal of an employee.

The Employment Tribunal has heard a constructive unfair dismissal claim brought by a senior employee, who resigned in protest after he was given a “low status” junior desk.

At the start of a new financial year, we set out the key changes to employment law to expect over the course of 2025/26 and beyond.

School employee’s dismissal for gender-critical Facebook posts was discriminatory

The Government has made some significant amendments to its Employment Rights Bill in response to consultations.

In Appiah v Tripod Partners Ltd, an individual acting through a personal service company was found to be a worker of the recruitment agency she had used to find work.

An update to Right to Work guidance has confirmed, among other things, whether clipped British and Irish passports are acceptable evidence of Right to Work status.

ACAS have recently published some long-awaited guide to help employers understand their obligations to neurodiverse employees, increase awareness and to encourage “neuroinclusive” workplaces.

From 6 April 2025, eligible employees will have a ‘day one’ right to take up to 12 weeks’ paid neonatal care leave under the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023