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This summer sees the much debated introduction of a fees regime in the Employment Tribunals, meaning that claimants will have to pay an issue fee on submitting their claim and a hearing fee before the full hearing. Other fees will also apply where...
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According to government statistics for last year, around 1.2 million women suffered domestic abuse on varying levels. Given that 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse at some point in their life, it is very likely that all workplaces have employees...
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Under the Equality Act 2010, a person has a disability for discrimination purposes if they have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities. Some conditions such...
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Following a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision in January ( Eweida and others -v- United Kingdom 2013 ECHR 37), the Equality and Human Rights Commission has published an official document offering practical guidance to employers about...
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Yesterday the government made several announcements regarding employment rights and on-going reforms that it has been considering as part of the “red tape challenge”. Two responses to existing consultations have been published. Those...
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Earlier this week the government announced a proposed system of shared maternity/paternity leave with a view to encouraging more women back to the workplace and persuading more fathers to take time off to spend with their children. This announcement...
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On Monday, 8 October the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced plans for a new kind of employment contract called ‘owner-employee’ contract. Under the new type of contract, employees will be given between £2,000 and...
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Many employers include restrictive covenants in an employee’s contract of employment in order to protect their legitimate interests for example confidential information and customers / clients. The covenants must be drafted carefully if they are to...
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Last week Business Secretary Vince Cable ruffled some feathers when he announced various proposals on the government’s on-going employment law reform consultation programme. The government’s stated focus in reviewing employment legislation has...
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A recent report by the Equal Opportunities Review states that the total amount of compensation awarded in discrimination cases was £8,774,403 – over £3.5M more than the amount awarded in 2010. Unlike unfair dismissal claims, in...
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Whether to allow employees to wear religious symbols at work has been a difficult question for employers for the last few years. Last week, Prime Minister David Cameron waded in to the debate by stating that employees ought to be allowed to wear...
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Although previous cases have confirmed that employers can dismiss employees under the category of “some other substantial reason” (SOSR) where there has been a breakdown in trust and confidence, a recent case has confirmed that the fact that a...
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Circumstances may arise where an employer wishes to revisit the disciplinary sanction applied against an employee. A recently reported case has stated that a dismissal arising from repeated disciplinary proceedings will not necessarily be unfair. ...
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In the good old days, if you were sick you were sick and if you were on holiday, (you guessed it) you were on holiday! In Great Britain, the rules on holiday are set out in the Working Time Regulations (WTRs) based on the EU Working Time Directive. ...
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The Queen's Speech was delivered on 9 May 2012 at the State Opening of Parliament and it announced a number of Bills which look set to implement some of the Government’s reforms to employment law. Designed to boost business confidence and...
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On 21 June 2012, the Government announced a formal consultation which is focused on considering changes to the current legislation surrounding large scale redundancy consultation exercises. Currently, where an employer proposes to make 20 or more...
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This year will see an additional bank holiday on Tuesday 5th June to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The spring bank holiday has been moved to Monday 4th June to accompany it. Whilst this extra holiday will no doubt please employees across the...
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The nation may have shed tears of nostalgia when popular retail chain, Woolworths, shut its doors for the final time in 2008 but none were more directly affected by this momentous event than those employees within the stores who found themselves jobless. ...
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The Employment Tribunals Service (ETS) recently issued quarterly statistics regarding the cases dealt with by the Tribunals in the period January to March 2011. In combination with the annual statistics for 2009/2010, which were published in...
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Last month detailed guidance was released by the Pensions Regulato r about preparing for the new employer pension dutie s, which is available at http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/press/pn11-10.aspx. In brief the duties provide for employers to: ...
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) has upheld a Tribunal’s decision that it was not reasonably practicable for the Claimant to present his claim before the determination of his internal appeal and that he had presented his claim within...
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An intern who worked for a publishing company has recently won her employment tribunal claim for unpaid wages and holiday pay. The intern worked unpaid for two months for the My Village Website and was personally responsible for a team of writers,...
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The recent news that Toyota are to suspend production for set periods in various plants (including Derby) has no doubt shaken the workforce engaged at those premises at a time when most people are already suffering financially as a result of the...
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The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 gave fathers and other eligible employees (including same-sex partners) a further right to take Additional Paternity Leave (APL) of up to 26 weeks to care for a child where the mother (or adopter) has...
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The EAT has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a law firm discriminated against a male lawyer on the ground of his sex when, in a redundancy selection exercise, it inflated the score of a female colleague who was on maternity leave. In September...
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