In this article, law firm Moore Barlow summarises the changes to employment law legislation that we have seen so far in 2022.
The years 2020 and 2021 were unprecedented in many ways, including in employment law terms, with many sectors barely functioning over the period due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. To compensate for this, we saw the implementation of legislation and policies to aid both employers and employees suffering a loss of income.
Now, with the increasing success of the vaccination programme and the ease of restrictions, employees are finally moving back into the workplace, but with the flexibility to work at home if the employer continues to allow. 2022, therefore, looks set to be the start of the new normal for the workplace.
We set out below some of the updates and changes that we have seen so far this year:
1 January – The Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) came into force which will impact, among other things, how investment firms regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority manage staff remuneration.
19 January – The appeal against the EAT decision in Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd -v- Kocur and others, was heard by the Court of Appeal. The decision made by the EAT was that agency workers were not entitled to apply and be considered for vacancies on the same terms as directly recruited employees.
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