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Collective redundancies: no priority treatment for pregnant workers
...employment opportunities, in the UK a woman whose role becomes redundant when she is on maternity leave has the right to be offered any suitable available vacancy. Employers are required to prov...
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Government consults on tackling workplace harassment
...employment tribunal claim. The Government is considering whether individuals should also be able to enforce the duty and, if so, whether they must have suffered harassment or whether they can bring a ...
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Claims for Arrears of Underpaid Holiday Pay Limited to Two Years
...employment contracts, so as to preclude claims for breach of contract which could potentially go back six years. The changes will apply to claims made to the employment tribunal on or after 1 July 2...
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Supreme Court rules Pimlico plumber was a worker, not self-employed
...Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal and then appealed to the Supreme Court. Decision The Supreme Court ruled that the employment judge had been entitled to conclude that Mr Smith wa...
Working safely during coronavirus: new guidance published
Working safely during coronavirus: new guidance published New guidance on Working Safely during Coronavirus The Government has published new guidance for employers on Working Safely during Coronaviru...
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Flexible working: Government proposals for making flexible working the default
...employment suggests that flexible work working is a perk and something that has to be earned, rather than the default position. The Government therefore proposes to allow employees to request flexible...
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Asking Questions about Discrimination after 6 April 2014
Asking Questions about Discrimination after 6 April 2014 Acas has published guidance on asking and responding to questions about discrimination which will apply from 6 April 2014. From 6 April 2014,...
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No Uplift if Grievance Not in Writing
...employment tribunal found that the kissing and touching incident was a mild form of sexual harassment which made O feel “uncomfortable”. The belt incident was direct sex discrimination and harassmen...
Overtime pay ruling: analysis - What the landmark decision on overtime pay means for employers - as published in economia
...employment costs will increase significantly and this could of course give rise to cost cutting measures, including redundancies which would be an unfortunate consequence of the ruling. However, the d...
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Office-working requirement discriminated against carer
...employment tribunal decision and so other employment tribunals do not have to follow it. However, employers need to be aware that working practices may disadvantage not just those with a protected ch...
How to reduce the risk of zero-hours contracts - as published in Real Business
...employment rights: Use a carefully drafted contract, which reflects accurately the relationship between the company and the worker; Beware of getting into a pattern of regularly offering casual worke...
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Compulsory Equal Pay Audits: Latest Developments
...employment tribunals will be obliged to order employers found to be in breach of equal pay laws to carry out and publish an equal pay audit unless: The employer has carried out an audit within the mea...
Stimpson Victory Could be “Pyrrhic”
...employment law expert. Dan Begbie-Clench, partner at employment law firm Doyle Clayton Solicitors, says it’s important to highlight two points because “this may turn out to be a pyrrhic victory fo...
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Employer entitled to calculate ill-health pension by reference to part time salary
...employment tribunal upheld the claim, finding that he had been treated unfavourably because of something arising in consequence of his disability (his part time hours). However, the Employment Appeal ...
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Supreme Court: employer not vicariously liable for doctor’s actions when carrying out medical tests on its behalf
...employment. Vicarious liability will depend on the specific facts and how closely the relationship resembles employment. However, there is no vicarious liability for the acts of a self-employed person...
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Employers can be Vicariously Liable for Non-Employees
...employment relationship. The following factors are relevant: The degree of control the organisation has over the individual – whether the person is accountable to the organisation for the way he doe...
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Important EAT Decision Extends Scope of Collective Consultation
Important EAT Decision Extends Scope of Collective Consultation The EAT in USDAW and others v WW Realisation 1 Ltd (in liquidation) and another has decided that the Trade Union and Labour Relations Co...
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Worker’s Choice of Companion Does Not Have to be Reasonable
...Employment Relations Act 1999 provides a worker with the right to be accompanied at a grievance hearing where he reasonably requests to be accompanied. The employer must permit the worker to be accomp...
Caveat emptor? Employers beware!
...Employment Practices Data Protection Code sets out the Information Commissioner's recommendations on how to carry out background checks lawfully. References Recent employment history can be verifie...
Brexit Bites - Part 6: What’s not changing?
...employment law landscape. UK law Employment law in the UK which is purely domestic will be unaffected. This includes unfair dismissal, the National Minimum Wage and shared parental leave. But what...