“The Supreme Court decision in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad and Another (T/A Clifton House Residential Home) [2021] UKSC 8 (‘Mencap’) can only be described as a bitter blow to low paid, hard-working care workers who have been at the forefront of the most essential work during the ongoing global pandemic. In emotional terms it is hard to comprehend how such workers can feel anything other than betrayed and devalued as a result. The decision is, in the context of the great efforts by these workers, quite simply crushing …” (more)
[Kate Ewing, UK Labour Law, 28 April]
First posted 2021-04-29 14:45:39
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