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The health and social care sector, more than any other, has its greatest asset in its workforce. Hardworking, talented, dedicated; but due to human nature, sometimes time consuming, difficult and problematic.

Working in partnership with our health and social care clients and their HR teams and senior leadership, we help them to navigate around these problems, with a joint focus on prevention rather than cure.

HR core for international clients

HR core offers fixed price access to expert HR professionals, supporting you through the complexities of UK employment law, helping you identify strategic opportunities and minimise your exposure to disruptive and expensive litigation.

Read our interactive digital document for details about how HR core could work for your organisation.

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Hear from Carl May-Smith providing a CQC and health & care regulatory update

In this webinar, Carl discusses four main topics, minimum wage for sleep-in shifts, recent learning disability and autism CQC registration appeals, the latest on CQC enforcement and CMA advice on care home fees, terms and conditions.

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Legal updates

High Court endorsement for Trust’s monitoring of junior doctors and the taking of natural breaks

The High Court has today handed down Judgment in a test case where the Claimant Dr Hallett, supported by the BMA, brought proceedings against Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Legal updates

National Minimum Wage back pay for sleep-ins – latest developments

Following our update in September, the Government has now announced the availability of a Social Care Compliance Scheme (the 'Scheme'), for those employers in the social care sector who think they may have underpaid their shift workers less than National Minimum Wage for sleep-ins.

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National Minimum Wage back pay for sleep-ins

As you will be aware, there has been a raft of tribunal claims brought by night-shift care workers for non-payment of wages during sleep-ins.

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Sleep in shifts - new BEIS guidance on calculating National Minimum Wage

In the Mencap case the Court of Appeal held that care workers undertaking sleep-in shifts are only entitled to the NMW when they are required to actually be awake

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Injunction granted to doctor on restricted duties

The High Court has granted an injunction to a doctor on restricted duties, requiring the defendant NHS Trust to lift the restriction and allow him to return to full time work.

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Care-workers 'sleeping-in' no longer due National Minimum Wage

The Court of Appeal have today confirmed that where care workers are required to 'sleep-in', the only time that counts for National Minimum Wage purposes is time when the worker is required to be awake for the purposes of working.

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Doctors and nurses excluded from Tier 2 skilled workers annual cap

In 2011 Theresa May as Home Secretary introduced a cap on skilled workers. The cap operated on an annual quota of 20,700, with a fixed number of spaces available each month for non-European Economic Area nationals sponsored under the Tier 2 (General) Visa.

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