Employment News
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ECJ Talks Sense on Holiday Pay and Sick Leave In a recent case the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that EU law does not require the unlimite... Read more |
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Unfair Dismissal - Withdrawal of Incentive to Accept Change in Terms We recently reported on the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Garside and Layco... Read more |
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Sick Employee Could Carry Untaken Holiday Over to Next Leave Year In NHS Leeds v. Larner, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that an employee who had b... Read more |
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Dismissal for Refusing to Accept Pay Cut In the current economic climate many employers have been forced to look at imposing a pay cut on the... Read more |
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Time Off for Emergency Child Care – Unimplemented Policy Wasn’t Much Use In Clarke v Credit Resource Solutions, an Employment Tribunal ruled that an employee had been... Read more |
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Agency Workers Regulations – Government Issues Final Guidance The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 come into force on 1 October 2011. The Regulations give tempora... Read more |
| Positive Discrimination – the Perils! Sometimes, employers may perhaps be forgiven for thinking that they are damned if they do and they a... Read more |
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Human Rights Commission Code on Service Provision The Statutory Code of Practice covering the provision of services, public functions and associations... Read more |
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Insurance Broker Loses Sentence Appeal in Corruption Case Bribery and corruption is very much a hot button issue with the Bribery Act 2010 scheduled to come i... Read more |
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The Bribery Act 2010 – Latest The Bribery Act 2010 is now scheduled to come into force on 1st July 2011. Meanwhile, on 30th Mar... Read more |
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The Protection from Harassment Act Strikes Again! Originally intended to deal with stalkers and nuisance phone calls, the Protection of Harassment Act... Read more |
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New Paternity Rights Apply From 3rd April 2011 New paternity rights will apply where a child is due on or after 3rd April 2011. Under existing l... Read more |
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New Guidance On Illegal Working Issued The UK Border Agency has published new guidance for employers on the prevention of illegal working. ... Read more |
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Supreme Court Confirms That Dismissal Only Took Effect When Employee Read Letter In the recent case of Gisda Cyf v Barratt, the Supreme Court has confirmed that where an empl... Read more |
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New Anti-Discrimination Laws Come Into Force On 1st October 2010, most of the provisions of the long-awaited Equality Act 2010 came into force. ... Read more |
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TUPE - Changing terms and conditions The recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Todd v. Strain serves as yet a... Read more |
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Equality Act 2010 On 14th April 2010, the Equality Act 2010 received Royal Assent. It is widely anticipated that most... Read more |
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DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IN RELATION TO DEPENDANTS It is clearly illegal for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the grounds of the e... Read more |
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STRESS CLAIMS – OFFERING CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING IS NOT THE WHOLE ANSWER The decision of the Court of Appeal in Dickins v. O2 provides a useful reminder to employers that if... Read more |
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BLANKET BAN ON EMPLOYEES REQUIRING WORK PERMITS MAY AMOUNT TO DISCRIMINATION Dealing with the immigration status of prospective employees can be something of a minefield for emp... Read more |
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Statutory Dispute Resolution Procedures - The End Is In Sight On 13th November 2008 the Employment Act 2008 received Royal Assent. When Section 1 is brought into... Read more |
| Redundancy Selection Criteria In the current economic climate, many employers are facing the difficult task of selecting employees... Read more |
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| ECJ Ruling Widens Scope of Discrimination Law In Colman v. Attridge Law, the European Court of Justice has recently ruled that what is some... Read more |
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Failing to Pay the National Minimum Wage All the signs are that the Government is intent on cracking down on employers who fail to pay the Na... Read more |
| Employing People Subject To Immigration Control The Previous Position Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 made it a crimi... Read more |
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| HEALTH AND SAFETY –WHEN OCCUPIERS ARE LIABLE The recent case of Mason and Satelcom Ltd. v. East Potential Ltd. provides a vivid example of... Read more |
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| Stopping Competition By Ex-Employees An Interesting Case For many employers it is their worst nightmare. One or more employees... Read more |
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| Dismissal – If In Doubt Use the Statutory Disciplinary Procedure The recent case of Klusova v. London Borough of Hounslow is a good example of how a failure to follo... Read more |
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THE EFFECT OF TUPE 2006 REGULATIONS ON CONTRACT OUTSOURCING The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) apply when a busines... Read more |
| HARASSMENT AT WORK AND THE PROTECTION FROM HARASSMENT ACT 1997 Specific statutory provisions deal with harassment in the workplace on the grounds of race, sex, sex... Read more |
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| THE INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION OF EMPLOYEE REGULATIONS 2004 FAILURE TO CONSULT CAN COST SERIOUS MONEY The Information and Consultation of Employee Reg... Read more |
