Displaying 7 items of The Independent Living Group Podcast with the tag "individual employer".
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Sato
15 May 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 5 mins
direct payments, ilg, individual employer, personal assistant, personal health budget
Sato employed a team of PAs to support her late husband Lawrence who had a Personal Health Budget from the NHS. She lives in Southwest London. Sato has been an influential member of the ILG Community Steering group since its inception, despite playing down her involvement at any given opportunity!
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Jade
19 October 2022 | Season 2 | 52 mins 31 secs
direct payments, ilg, individual employer, personal assistant, personal health budget
Jade lives in Essex and is the chairperson of the ILG Community. Passionate about supporting PA employers and bringing people together, Jade has employed PAs for several years. We caught up with Jade (and her cats) in her home, to hear her story.
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Agnes
19 October 2022 | Season 2 | 46 mins 43 secs
direct payments, ilg, individual employer, personal assistant, personal health budget
Agnes Hadden lives in Scotland and has employs PAs to support her son to live independently and is the Scottish representative on the ILG community steering group. Agnes has channelled her experience employing PAs into her career by working as a DP advisor for many years. We travelled north of the border to speak with her about her experiences.
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Capacity
27 August 2021 | Season 1 | 34 mins 22 secs
capacity, direct payments, health budget. independent living, individual employer
What happens if a Direct Payment recipient/individual employer lacks capacity? How is a person’s ability to manage being an employer assessed and what are the implications when a suitable person is managing on behalf of someone else?
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Some Other Substantial Reason (SOSR) Dismissal
13 July 2021 | Season 1 | 29 mins 34 secs
employment law, individual employer, sosr
In this episode we discuss the application of SOSR dismissals when advising individual employers with reference to some recent cases.
SOSR applies when something significant has happened to warrant a dismissal, perhaps the funding body are putting pressure on the employer to part company with a PA or the relationship has broken down between the cared for person and the worker.
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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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Employment Status
18 May 2021 | Season 1 | 37 mins 42 secs
direct payments, employment, health budget, individual employer
Can a PA ever be truly self-employed? What impact if any does the recent Uber judgment have for individual employers? This episode considers these questions and explores the issues they raise.