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The Pensions Regulator’s enforcement powers
The Pensions Regulator’s enforcement powers The Pensions Schemes Act 2021 The Pensions Schemes Act 2021 (PSA 21) saw important changes to the Pensions Regulator’s (tPR) ability to take enforcement ac...
Should You Ever Sue Your Boss for Discrimination? - as published in the Telegraph
...employment tribunal but had no other option [than] to pursue it after various attempts to resolve the situation internally with the police proved fruitless.” Is it worth the stress? Howard’s experi...
The Christmas nightmare: A manager’s guide - as published in HR Magazine
...Employment contracts will normally state that holiday can only be taken with the company's prior consent, meaning that the employees have no right to take holiday unless Robin agrees. Robin should dea...
Prank Beheading video results in dismissal, but is it fair?
...Employment Tribunal must decide whether, in that particular case, it was “within the band of reasonable responses” for the employer to dismiss. In other words, would another reasonable employer, give...
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Whistleblowing Dismissal Automatically Unfair Despite Decision-Maker being Unaware of Disclosure
...employment for poor performance. Ms Jhuti claimed that her dismissal was automatically unfair on whistleblowing grounds. The employment tribunal rejected her claim. Ms Vickers genuinely believed ...
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“Change Britain’s Future”: the Liberal Democrats' 2017 Manifesto
...employment rights to make them “fit for the age of the gig economy”, building on the forthcoming Taylor Report (expected in the Summer). Tribunal fees The LibDems will abolish employment trib...
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Doctors and Nurses out of the Tier 2 Visa Cap
...employment with a UK employer. This is known as the annual ‘cap’ on ‘Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship’. The number of Restricted Certificates (commonly referred to as work permits) available to ...
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Clinically Extremely Vulnerable - Change in Guidance
Clinically Extremely Vulnerable - Change in Guidance With the Government publishing its cautious road map out of national restrictions and Covid cases falling, on 17 March 2021 the Government wrote to...
LLP Members Qualify for Worker Rights: Implications for LLPs and their Members
...Employment Rights Act 1996 (“ERA”) as an individual who has entered into or works under: (a) a contract of employment; or(b) any other contract …….. whereby the individual undertakes to do or ...
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Legal Costs Indemnity in Compromise Agreement did not Cover Criminal Investigation
Legal Costs Indemnity in Compromise Agreement did not Cover Criminal Investigation A legal costs indemnity provided by an employer under the terms of a compromise agreement did not cover investigation...
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Is your business ready for the upcoming changes to the rules on Tier 2?
Is your business ready for the upcoming changes to the rules on Tier 2? As part of the Government’s pledge to reduce net migration to the UK from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands, i...
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Court of Appeal upholds judge’s order for disclosure of material on personal phones
Court of Appeal upholds judge’s order for disclosure of material on personal phones The Court of Appeal has ruled that an order requiring disclosure of materials on a personal phone was lawful. The ju...
Essential Documentation for Management Buyouts
...Employment Contracts and Incentive Plans Ensuring the continuity of key management personnel post-acquisition is critical. Revised or new employment contracts may be required to formalise roles, re...
Flexible maternity and paternity leave: Getting it right - as published in Edge online
Flexible maternity and paternity leave: Getting it right - as published in Edge online Netflix, the US based video streaming company, has hit the headlines following its recent announcement that all s...
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Unfair Dismissal: Charges Must be Precise
Unfair Dismissal: Charges Must be Precise In Celebi v Scolarest Compass Group Ltd, the EAT found that the 'loss of £3,000' is not the same as 'theft of £3,000' and consequently Ms Celebi’s dismissal ...
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Scotland Asks to be Excluded from Trade Union Bill
Scotland Asks to be Excluded from Trade Union Bill Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work Skills & Training, has written to UK Minister for Skills, Nick Boles, asking for Scotland to...
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Production Company fined £1.6m for Harrison Ford Injury on Star Wars Set
Production Company fined £1.6m for Harrison Ford Injury on Star Wars Set Earlier this month, the company that created the hydraulic door of the Millennium Falcon which broke Harrison Ford’s leg on the...
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Whistleblowing disclosures: wrong to distinguish between information and allegations
...Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) which warned employment tribunals not to fall into the trap of thinking that an alleged disclosure had to be either an allegation or information, when it may be both. ...
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Supreme Court rules criminal record disclosure regime is unlawful
...employment and the criminal record disclosure regime was therefore unlawful. Facts R (on the application of P and others) v Secretary of State for Justice and others is a further challenge to ...
Employees returning from maternity and other family leave after 10 June can be furloughed
Employees returning from maternity and other family leave after 10 June can be furloughed The government last night announced that employees returning from family leave over the coming months will be ...