Through the new Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, announced in the 2019 GP Contract Framework, further funding will be made available to Primary Care Networks to reimburse over 20,000 additional staff by 2024.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently overturned and Employment Tribunal's (ET) decision that a Trust’s treatment of a woman on maternity leave amounted to pregnancy and maternity discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.

The Court of Appeal found that a compensatory rest break does not need to be provided as a continuous 20 minute period.

The recent focus on workforce diversity throughout organisations and in senior positions has led to an increased use of positive action legislation.

NHS Improvement have launched a consultation on the proposals about the use of off-framework agency workers to fill non-clinical and unregistered clinical shifts and the use of admin and estates agency workers.

Welcome to our first employment update for social housing and care homes for 2019. It certainly looks set to be another year in which the legal and political landscape is dominated by Brexit.

The EAT has handed down Judgment in a case in which Capsticks successfully defended an NHS Trust against a claim brought by a consultant.

See our latest quarterly employment law updates which includes recent cases and legal developments.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has considered the difficult issue of voluntary overtime and the calculation of holiday pay.

The Court of Appeal has clarified conflicting case law and ruled that workers are not entitled to be paid the national minimum wage for time they are asleep on sleep-in shifts.

The High Court has ruled that an employer cannot continue with disciplinary proceedings against an employee pending resolution of her claim that the proceedings are in breach of her contract of employment.

Court of Appeal has provided some further guidance on what will amount to a "protected disclosure" under the whistleblowing legislation.