Safeguarding for faith-based organisations
Safeguarding has never been more high profile and a wave of recent reports and inquiries have led to an intense…
Is it a reasonable adjustment to protect pay indefinitely when disability means a teacher can no longer teach?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that, where a teacher had disability which meant she could no longer teach,…
Dismissal of teacher suspected of viewing child images was fair
The Scottish Court of Session has held that it was fair to dismiss a teacher suspected of viewing child images…
Teachers’ Pensions Scheme – the latest developments
As daily school life returns ever closer to normal, a continuing key focus for school governors and senior leadership teams…
Belief that biological sex is immutable is protected under the Equality Act
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a belief that biological sex is immutable is protected as a philosophical belief…
Staff Accommodation – have you updated since the April 2021 change?
On 6 April 2021, HMRC withdrew the “representative occupier” exemption for the tax treatment of staff accommodation. Previously this had…
Schools – the extended furlough scheme
The furlough scheme is helping a large number of schools to reduce their overheads at a time when their revenue…
Keeping children safe in education – January 2021 update
To reflect the end of the Brexit transition period, the Government has updated Keeping Children Safe in Education. The relevant…
Teachers’ pensions – a continuing issue
The last 12 months have been some of the hardest the independent schools sector has had to face. Attention has…
Dismissal of teacher with child images on home computer was unfair says Employment Appeal Tribunal
In the recent case of K v L UKEATS/0014/18/JW the Claimant was a teacher charged by the police with possession…
Difficult decisions in difficult times: how should schools approach managing redundancies?
The last seven months have been some of the hardest ever faced by the independent schools sector. Whilst the Government’s Job…
Teachers’ pensions: returning to the fray
Whilst most of the attention recently has understandably been on the COVID-19 crisis, the past few months have seen a…
No pro-rating of holiday pay for term-time only teachers on permanent contracts
The recent case of Harpur Trust v Brazel witnessed the Court of Appeal attempting to clarify the complex issue of holiday pay…
Can a direct discrimination claim be based on the employer’s religion or belief?
In Gan Menachem Hendon Limited v De Groen the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether an employee could bring a claim for…