‘Home or away: workplace disputes’ article in June’s New Law Journal
With work-from-home employment tribunal (ET) claims increasing, and likely to rise further as return-to-work policies are implemented and enforced, employment law practitioners need to ready themselves for a heavier ET caseload.
Home-working disputes are potentially further impacted by the upcoming general election, with the political parties sparring in their manifestos on proposals to introduce legal rights (or not!) to flexible and remote working.
This topical subject is tackled by our specialist employment and discrimination law experts, Rachel Crasnow KC and Imogen Brown, in the latest edition of New Law Journal.
Titled ‘Home or away: workplace disputes’, our barristers set the scene regarding the legal framework, describe reasons for home-working requests with specific reference to historical ET claims, and offer tips for employers, employees and their legal representatives in handling matters of this nature.
