Displaying 3 items of The Independent Living Group Podcast with the tag "individual employers".
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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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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.
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COVID-19 And Its Effects On Individual Employers
12 March 2021 | Season 1 | 47 mins 30 secs
covid, direct payments, individual employers
We discuss vaccines, Furlough and how to get your PAs back to work.