Expert Insights
Latest news stories and opinions about the Dental, GP and Care Industries. For your ease of use, we have established categories under which you can source the relevant articles and news items.
Posts by Oliver McCann:
Monitoring an employee’s emails and the right to privacy
In January this year (see “Monitoring employees’ use of the internet – the reality” from 31st January 2016 for the...
Whistleblowing – Protected Disclosure
When is a disclosure a “Protected Disclosure”? The Employment Rights Act 1996 contains provisions which protect employees and workers from suffering...
Temporary Workplace Closures
Earlier in December we wrote a blog (http://www.ukqcs.co.uk/adverse-weather-faqs/) giving guidance to employers on some of the HR issues which can...
Top Tips for Employers in 2016
With the New Year just around the corner, we thought it would be appropriate to take a look at what...
Pay day this Christmas – Is this an issue for your business?
We have received a number of enquiries from care providers seeking advice on whether or not they can alter the...
Managing staff over poor quality care
The Mail on Sunday published an article on 8th November expressing concern over worrying information obtained from the CQC confirming...
National Minimum Wage for on-call night workers living at work
There is considerable confusion surrounding what a worker living at their place of work, or carrying out “sleep-in” shifts, is...
Are your care staff entitled to be paid whilst sleeping in?
Employers running care services, whether a residential home or a domiciliary care service, need to consider carefully whether any of...
Shared Parental Leave to be extended to working Grandparents
Under plans announced by George Osborne at the Conservative Party Conference last week, paid Shared Parental Leave (SPL) will be...
Implied Contractual Duty of Trust and Confidence v Written Obligations under the Contract of Employment
Implied Duty It is a well-established principle that a contract of employment is subject to an implied term that an employer...