Displaying 4 items of The Independent Living Group Podcast with the tag "independent living".
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Whistleblowing
11 August 2021 | Season 1 | 18 mins 21 secs
direct payments, health budgets, independent living, individual employers, whistleblowing
Whistleblowing is the term used when a worker passes on information concerning wrongdoing they have witnessed at work.
In this episode we delve into whistleblowing law in the UK and consider situations where it might be relevant to individual employers in receipt of Direct Payments.
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TUPE
29 June 2021 | Season 1 | 30 mins 46 secs
independent living, individual employer, tupe
TUPE or not TUPE, that IS the question. What does TUPE mean and when does it apply to individual employers?
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Annual Leave
15 June 2021 | Season 1 | 35 mins 23 secs
annual leave, direct payments, employment law, independent living
Rolled up holiday pay? Use it or lose it? Entitlement to leave or pay? In this episode we discuss and reflect on the rules around statutory annual leave and the recent Covid amendments.
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Reflections On The Sleep In Judgement
1 April 2021 | Season 1 | 33 mins 49 secs
carers, direct payments, independent living, individual employers, pa, sleep in shifts
As a result of the judgement handed down by the Supreme Court in the Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake sleep-in case we now know for certain that a person is not doing time work for the purposes of National Minimum Wage (NMW) unless they are awake for the purposes of working.