Darren Newman explains the potential risks reducing sick pay for the unvaccinated in terms of contractual entitlements, discrimination and employee relations.
Darren Newman
Darren Newman
Darren Newman qualified as a barrister in 1990, and has represented both employers and employees at tribunal. He provides straightforward practical guidance on a wide range of employment law issues. Darren also works as a consultant editor for XpertHR.
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the belief that “biological sex is real, important, immutable and not to...
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Darren Newman examines the ongoing debate about whether employers can insist on employees being vaccinated against Covid-19 – a policy pithily summarised as no jab, no job.
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Now that the UK and the EU have agreed on the position of the UK post-Brexit, HR is left wondering...
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The extended furlough scheme has already been the subject of revised government guidance and a subsequent Treasury Direction. XpertHR consultant...
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Consultant editor Darren Newman considers whistleblowing in the NHS, focusing on the public interest test and the danger of working...
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Consultant editor Darren Newman considers the current system of labour standards enforcement and suggests that the Government could play a...
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XpertHR’s consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent decision highlighting the potential danger in proceeding with a disciplinary hearing...
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XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent case in which the Court of Appeal ruled that a care...
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XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman considers the implications of a recent case involving a Jamaican bus driver who was dismissed...
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XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman considers a recent case in which the Supreme Court judges seemed to cast doubt on...
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XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman considers the arguments before the Supreme Court in Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith,...
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XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman looks at amendments to “cut red tape” made to the Equality Act by the previous...
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While recognising the good intentions behind the recently published Parental Leave Bill, XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman questions the practical...
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Consultant editor Darren Newman expresses surprise that Pimlico Plumbers was granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in a...