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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held Driscoll (née Cobbing) v & P Global Ltd and another that a Constructive…
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The government has issued a new Treasury Direction formally extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (better known as the furlough…
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There are new stricter time limits for making claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough). These apply during the…
The end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 means your business should be taking preparatory steps now to…
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Conisbee v Crossley Farms Ltd and others
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Tillman v Egon Zehnder Limited.…
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ICTS Limited v Visram.…
Baldeh v Churches Housing Association of Dudley and District Ltd.…
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Theresa Georges v Pobl Group Ltd.…
Atholl House Productions Ltd v HMRC.…
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In the case of De Groen v Gan Menachem Hendon, a teacher was sacked from an ‘ultra-orthodox’ Jewish nursery in…
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The Government has introduced two new visa routes for entrepreneurs.
The start-up visa, this visa is for those wishing to…
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A year ago this month ‘The Beast from the East’ cold wave hit the UK, causing chaos up and down…
Iceland Foods are in a dispute with HMRC over the company’s Christmas savings scheme.…
Gender pay: New legislation introduced in 2018 requires large employers (250 employees or more) to publish their overall mean and…
In the case of Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd, the Supreme Court is considering whether professional services firm Egon Zehnder…
Former Team-GB cyclist Jess Varnish brought an Employment Tribunal claim against British Cycling and UK Sport, with the aim of…
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The Supreme Court (“SC”) has clarified what amounts to “unfavourable treatment” for the purposes of a claim for discrimination arising…
There’s been a dramatic rise in Employment Tribunal claims since fees for bringing an employment claim were abolished in July…
In the case of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust v Levy, an employee in the Trust’s Records department…
Six out of ten women would take into consideration an organisation’s gender pay gap when looking for a job, according…
The supermarket Morrisons has failed in its challenge to the High Court that it be held liable for a security…
On 10 October 2018, arguably one of the most highly anticipated court judgments of our time – in the so-called…
An employer can be held liable for the unlawful actions of one of its employees if it takes place during…
Barratt Developments recently announced it would introduce randomised drug and alcohol testing for staff to combat increased risks on building…
Nearly 9 in 10 HR professionals have noticed that employees are spending longer at work than is required of them.…
Following a national survey of LGBT people, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) has published the LGBT Action Plan: Improving the Lives…
‘Flowers V East of England Ambulance Trust’This case centres around a group of claimants who worked for East of England…
Pizza Hut have been ordered to pay £15,800 to a schoolgirl who was working as a receptionist in a Pizza…
‘Lancaster and Duke Ltd v Wileman’…
‘Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake’This case considered whether two care workers (Mrs Tomlinson-Blake and Mr Shannon) were entitled to national…
The Court of Appeal has recently ruled that an employer who failed to lodge an ET3 in response to an…
The case of Mbubaegbu v Homerton University Hospital considered when dismissal for misconduct without prior warning can be reasonable. It…
In our last monthly update we commented on the case of Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd. This case concluded…
The case of Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood considered the matter of when the notice of termination…
The pay gap for disabled workers is at its highest since 2013, and disabled workers now earn on average £1.50…
Self-employed plumber Gary Smith has won his case against his former employer, Pimlico Plumbers. The case concerned whether Gary was…
We recently attended an appointment at the Home Office with one of our Windrush clients who has been considerably affected…
The Government has published new guidance for undocumented Commonwealth citizens, Amber Rudd has resigned and Sajid Javid has been appointed the new Home Secretary,…
This April saw the most significant change to the taxation of termination payments in many years. The intention of the…
More than 1500 companies who employ over 250 people failed to report their gender pay gap results on the 4th…
We have just seen the lowest unemployment figures since May 1975, but despite this positive outlook, in many parts of…
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has identified widespread failures by employers to set out sufficient processes and policies on…
Ahead of the implementation of the GDPR on 25 May, Facebook and its relationship with Cambridge Analytica could set a…
The issue of immigration has featured prominently in the Brexit debate. Following the decision to leave in June 2016, the…
The case of Capita v Ali concerns a father who took shared parental leave so that his wife could go…
Regulation 5 of the Agency Workers Regulation 2010 (‘AWR’) states that an agency worker is entitled to the same basic…
The recent High Court decision in R (Khan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 105 (Admin) case illustrates…
Gender reassignment is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. Yet a case recently emerged in which a female…
Tesco is facing an £4 billion equal pay claim from thousands of female shop workers. If this claim is successful,…
Despite shared parental leave being introduced in 2015, only 2% of those couples eligible for the leave have chosen to…
While gender pay reporting currently only applies to organisations employing over 250 people, it’s advisable that any organisation employing over…
As you will be aware by now, the GDPR comes into force in the UK on 25th May 2018. If…
In a complex and ongoing case, the Court of Appeal reversed a ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) which…
In our previous update, we advised you that the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) had held that Uber’s drivers are to be…
Christmas can be a notoriously tricky time for employers, with numerous social events and of course the inevitable office Christmas…
A window salesman has been awarded 13 years of unpaid holiday pay by the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in…
The Part Time Workers Regulations 2000 state that part-time workers cannot be treated less favourably than their full-time counterparts. In…
Any employer knows any dismissal on the grounds of misconduct can only occur after a thorough investigation. It is not…
In April 2017, the government introduced an apprenticeship levy; a tax on UK employers to support the funding of apprentices.…
Sleep-in shifts have recently hit the news following a leaked report which revealed many council employees were being paid below…
A recent ruling by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of Barbulescu…
ACAS has issued new guidance related to employees who have a baby or babies that are ill or premature.…
Those that are successful in a discrimination claim can be awarded compensation for injury caused to feelings as a result…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that voluntary overtime must be included when calculating holiday pay.…
The gig economy is often defined as “a labour market characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work,…
On 26 July 2017 the Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgment, finding that tribunal fees for those bringing employment…
Shared parental leave (SPL), which came into force in April 2015, allows parents to share up to 50 weeks of…
In short the answer is yes but only in certain cases. In the recent months there has been a high…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently handed down their judgment in Kent Police v Bowler. They confirmed that an…
The term ‘gig economy’ is a fairly new term which you are likely to have heard in the media. Some…
If an employment contract is silent on when notice is deemed to be given, notice of termination doesn’t take effect…
The Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal to British Gas in the holiday pay case Lock v British Gas. This provides…
SecureData, a leading cybersecurity services and solutions provider, has acquired cybersecurity company, Cygnia Technologies Ltd, with the legal advice being…
Usually when an employee’s employment is terminated, the appropriate amount of notice must be given by the employer. The Employment…
Determining ‘worker’ status has been a major focus in the world of employment law recently, with several high-profile cases considering…
As you may have seen in the media recently, despite Brexit, the new apprenticeship levy (“Levy”) is still expected to…
Employment tribunal fees were introduced by the government in July 2013. They range from £390 for a claim for unpaid…
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Attention employers! Due to the way that the Easter bank holidays fall this year and next year, it is anticipated…
On 15 February 2017, the government ‘named and shamed’ more than 350 employers who had underpaid their workers the national…
In the case of Herry v Dudley Metropolitan Council UKEAT/0100/16/LA an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has provided some welcome guidance…
Last year an employment tribunal heard the case of Aslam, Farrar and Others v Uber where it was held the…
In the Autumn Statement 2016, the government announced major changes to salary sacrifice schemes that are due to take effect…
The final draft of the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 (“the Regulations”) has now been published…
According to think-tank High Pay Centre (HPC), by midday on Wednesday 4 January 2017, Britain’s top bosses had earnt more…
Last year we reported on the Trade Union Act 2016 (the “Act”) which received royal assent on 4 May 2016.…
In the case of Rehman v Jamia Hanfia Ghosia Mosque an employment tribunal has held that a former employee was…
There has been much debate in recent months over the legal employment status of workers within the ‘gig economy’ –…
Every year seems to bring with it changes in the world of employment law and 2017 is set to be…