Employment Issues Due to the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Financial Professionals

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the economy worldwide and affected many different industries, including the banking and financial industry. The current situation has given rise to a range of complicated issues for the financial sector to consider when trying to maintain cash flow. It may be that bankers and other financial professionals need to consider some if not all of the following situations and we can guide and advise you to ensure your interests are best protected during these very uncertain times.

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Wealthy businessman granted secrecy over sexual harassment claims

In a controversial hearing, a multi-millionaire businessman who agreed financial settlements with two women before their accusations could be heard at an employment tribunal, has been granted a secrecy order to prevent his identity from being disclosed.

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Employee was racially discriminated against during drug investigation, tribunal rules

A trainee emergency call operator who was using off-the-shelf caffeine supplements was racially discriminated against during a drug investigation in the workplace, a London tribunal rules.

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Pimlico Plumbers worker loses claim for £74,000 holiday pay

A heating engineer from Kent, who won a claim against Pimlico Plumbers at the Supreme Court in June 2018, has now lost his claim for £74,000 in annual leave as he had not filed the paperwork quickly enough, an employment tribunal in Croydon ruled.

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Pregnant police officer placed in desk job wins sex discrimination case

A police constable in the response team at Devon and Cornwall Police who was taken away from front line duties and placed in a desk-based role was the subject of pregnancy discrimination and indirect discrimination, an employment tribunal rules.

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Cheshire police guilty of discrimination for rejecting white heterosexual man

A police force has been found guilty of discrimination after it refused to give a “well prepared” potential recruit a job because he was a white, heterosexual man.

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One in three breastfeeding mothers express in work toilets

One in three breastfeeding women are being forced to use the bathrooms at work to express milk due to a lack of suitable facilities, a new survey finds.

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The ‘biggest package of workplace reforms in almost 20 years’ has been released

The government has announced a number of proposals meant to bring UK employment law into the modern era. The Good Work Plan, if enacted in full, would bring 51 of the Taylor Review’s 53 recommendations on modern working practices into law, with a particular focus on the ‘gig economy’.

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‘Much more needs to be done’ about reporting gender and ethnic pay, MPs warn

69 per cent of MPs believe the new reporting requirements on gender, ethnicity and executive pay is a ‘good start’ but not enough, according to a recent YouGov poll.

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Government proposes new mothers get better protection from redundancy

Under a new government proposal, expectant mothers returning to work will receive greater protection from redundancy, extending the ‘protection period’ against dismissal up to six months after they return to work.

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