Employment Law Update for May 2023 | Legal Update - Freeths
Welcome to our latest employment law update bringing you up to speed with this month’s key cases and developments.
In this month’s bulletin, we draw attention to new guidance published in relation to mental health and ethnicity pay gap reporting, as well as updating on the consultation on the government’s proposed Code of Practice on termination and re-engagement. We also report on a recent case on the interpretation of restrictive covenants.
- New ACAS Guidance
- Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting
- Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement (“fire and re-hire”)
- Interpretation and enforcement of restrictive covenants
New ACAS Guidance
New ACAS guidance is available in a number of areas:
- ACAS Guidance on reasonable adjustments for mental health
- ACAS Guidance on managing work-related stress
Both provide useful guidance and, whilst not having any statutory force, it can be useful for employers facing claims to show that they have considered and followed ACAS guidance when approaching difficult issues.
Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting
Unlike the gender pay gap, it is not compulsory for businesses to report on their ethnicity pay gap, but some employers wish to do so voluntarily. The government has recently published Guidance for employers on doing so. The guidance includes advice on:
- collecting ethnicity pay data for employees
- how to consider data issues such as confidentiality, aggregating ethnic groups and the location of employees
- the recommended...
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