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Working from Home
The popularity of remote working is on the rise but there are pitfalls for both employer and worker. The Office for National Statistics in its report Homeworking hours, rewards and opportunities in the UK: 2011 to 2020 found that 35.9 percent of the UK workforce...
Fire & Rehire
The furlough scheme ends in September and many employers will be planning how to keep their businesses profitable. Workers fear they will lose their jobs, and women are likely to feature disproportionately in the redundancy statistics. And there’s also the phenomenon...
Sleep ins
Another couple of long running cases have recently been decided, Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad. Both concern the pay of workers in a caring role when they are asleep but available to give care. Ms Tomlinson-Blake was employed by Mencap. She was...
Line of Duty?
“When did we stop caring about honesty and integrity” asked Superintendent Hastings in BBC’s popular drama, Line of Duty. A recent case, Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset Constabulary v Eckland has highlighted that organised criminal gangs, corrupt police...
Baby H
Our Managing Director, Gareth McCay, attended the High Court (virtually) last week on behalf of the Estate and parents of “Baby H” who brought proceedings against the Western Health and Social Care Trust. Baby H was born at Altnagelvin Area Hospital in 2015 however...
McCay Solicitors Derry & Strabane add two new lawyers
We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Aaron Mullen to our Litigation Department and Eleanor McFeeters to our Property Department. This is part of the firm's continued expansion so that we can continue provide the highest standard of service to our ever...
Leaving the EU – what this means for employers and workers
The UK left the EU at 11pm on Saturday 31st January 2020 with the implementation period being until 31stDecember 2020. During this time the Government will negotiate with the EU. But what does this mean for employers and workers? Employers can still hire EU workers...
Success in the Industrial Tribunal for McCay Solicitors as Judge finds “much of the Respondent’s evidence in the matter was simply not credible.”
McCay Solicitors are delighted with the finding of the Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunal in the case of Anthony Millar v Foyle Food Group Limited in which we acted on behalf of the Claimant (full decision available here...
CONDUCTING A DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE 2 – SOME TRICKIER ASPECTS
Ok, so we did the Conducting a Disciplinary Procedure – Back to Basics article back in November with the trickier aspects to follow but we have been exceptionally busy over the past few months so we are only getting an opportunity to add the second instalment now. We...
THE FESTIVE PERIOD – HEADACHES AND HANGOVERS FOR EMPLOYERS
The Christmas period is now in full swing and for many employers it will involve organising time off for staff and of course the obligatory Christmas party. Competing annual leave requests and alcohol-fuelled incidents at the Christmas party can create issues for...
CONDUCTING A DISCIPLINARY PROCESS – BACK TO BASICS
Initially the remit of this article was to look at some of the tricky issues that can arise when conducting a disciplinary and dismissal procedure however over the past number of months we have seen some howlers by employers. Therefore, we thought it would be...
EMPLOYEES’ USE AND MISUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
The world of social media has exploded in the past decade and connects billions of people across the world every day. Whilst platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can be valuable marketing and communication tools, social media comes with its own unique...