This week’s video examines the rules on checking employee’s right to work, specifically in relation to EU workers and the settlement scheme here.

If you have any queries about the matters discussed in this video, please email employmenthub@chadlaw.co.uk for help and advice.

Government confirms mandatory vaccinations for most care home workers

The Department of Health and Social Care have concluded their consultation into making the Covid-19 vaccination a condition of employment for workers in care homes with older adult residents. Whilst medical exemptions do apply, the requirement has been extended to all persons entering the care home for work purposes, rather than just care home staff and volunteers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-vaccination-a-condition-of-deployment-in-older-adult-care-homes

Eligibility checker introduced for parental leave

The government have launched a new online tool to check eligibility and pay for expectant parents under the shared parental leave scheme. After facing criticism for the parental leave scheme being ‘not fit for purpose’, the addition aims to help families make the most of their entitlement to shared parental leave.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-tool-to-help-working-families-make-the-most-of-shared-parental-leave

A critical belief of gender is found to be a “philosophical belief” under the Equality Act 2010

In Forstater v CGD Europe and others, the Employment Appeal’s Tribunal have found that an employee’s belief £that sex is immutable” and “that trans women are men” to be a philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010. The employee’s gender critical views have therefore qualified for protection under the Equality Act 2010 meaning that the individual should not be discrimination on the basis that they hold these beliefs. The merits of the employee’s case, and whether they were discriminated on these grounds remain to be determined.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60c1cce1d3bf7f4bd9814e39/Maya_Forstater_v_CGD_Europe_and_others_UKEAT0105_20_JOJ.pdf