Legal & HR

Healthcare Professionals to be able to provide fit notes This July sees other Healthcare Professionals such as Pharmacists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, also being able to provide fit notes.  It means that GPs alone will not have to bear the burden.  The reason behind the change in the law is to assist GPs, who […]

This month, the IGA Legal Team provide advice on employees who refuse to attend work over concerns about catching Covid-19,  foreign employees who have been called to national service, and vehicles abandoned on business premises. Was it automatically unfair to dismiss an employee who refused to attend work over concerns about the risk of Covid-19 to […]

This month’s Be Aware looks at recruitment discrimination, dismissing employees for absence/illness, employee harassment, motoring offences when courtesy cars or test drives are provided, and more. Recruitment and Discrimination “We are recruiting for a new technician. I have been through the applicants and there are two strong candidates. The most qualified candidate however has said […]