HR File: Avoiding employment tribunals

As the UK economy slowly reopens, businesses are still in the throes of planning for a return to the workplace. However, we are not returning to the same environment or way of working we left and that means contracts and policies must change.

The problem is that these are not trivial changes. Some are founded on decisions that could cause a raft of employment tribunal claims and employers have to do all they can to mitigate that effect.

Certainly, working from home is a well-discussed topic and the section of any employment contract about ‘normal place of work’ will be one that will have permanently changed for many people. But while moving work to a hybrid or fully home-based model will undoubtedly require liaising with employees to find the right balance, this is one hurdle that can be relatively easily overcome.