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The April 2021 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates have been released by the Government. The increases are modest at less than £1 per week.

2021 statutory pay rates published

10

Dec

2020

2021 statutory pay rates published

The April 2021 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates have been released by the Government. The increases are modest at less than £1 per week.

#Sickness & Absence

With the high and rising number of employees needing to self-isolate while awaiting Covid-19 test results, businesses need to understand their sick pay obligations.

Self-Isolation and Sick Pay

22

Oct

2020

Self-Isolation and Sick Pay

With the high and rising number of employees needing to self-isolate while awaiting Covid-19 test results, businesses need to understand their sick pay obligations.

#Sickness & Absence
According to The Government's Department of Health, 25% of us will experience mental health issues at some point in our lives. A study conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Mental Health Awareness Week

17

May

2019

Mental Health Awareness Week

According to The Government's Department of Health, 25% of us will experience mental health issues at some point in our lives. A study conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
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The Government’s Fit for Work assessment scheme is to end following low referral rates, marking the beginning of a revised strategy to get more disabled people into the workplace.

Fit for work assessments to be scrapped

15

Dec

2017

Fit for work assessments to be scrapped

The Government’s Fit for Work assessment scheme is to end following low referral rates, marking the beginning of a revised strategy to get more disabled people into the workplace.
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Under the Equality Act 2010, a person with a progressive condition (such as Type 2 Diabetes) has a disability if they “have a physical or mental impairment” which “has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities... as a result of the condition.”

Could Type 2 diabetes be a disability under the Equality Act 2010?

19

Jan

2017

Could Type 2 diabetes be a disability under the Equality Act 2010?

Under the Equality Act 2010, a person with a progressive condition (such as Type 2 Diabetes) has a disability if they “have a physical or mental impairment” which “has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities... as a result of the condition.”
#Sickness & Absence
Whilst the rate of employment for the non-disabled population is currently 80%, only 48% of disabled people are in employment. This inequality has led the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health to jointly publish a Green Paper, “Improving Lives” to look at “one of the most significant inequalities in the UK today”.

Improving Lives: A Work and Health Plan to Help Disabled People into Employment

2

Dec

2016

Improving Lives: A Work and Health Plan to Help Disabled People into Employment

Whilst the rate of employment for the non-disabled population is currently 80%, only 48% of disabled people are in employment. This inequality has led the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health to jointly publish a Green Paper, “Improving Lives” to look at “one of the most significant inequalities in the UK today”.
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