In Salmon v Castlebeck Care (Teesdale) Ltd and ors, the EAT has held that where an employee successfully appeals against dismissal under a contractual appeal procedure, the contract of employment[…]
The EAT has recently clarified in McKinney v London Borough of Newham that where an employer takes a detrimental decision against an employee, allegedly on the ground that the employee[…]
As we all try to assess the continuing impact of the Employment Tribunal fee regime – see the Hard Labour Blog for some excellent analysis of that – Acas have[…]
The EAT has given judgment in the joined cases of Bear Scotland Ltd and ors v Fulton and ors; Hertel (UK) Ltd v Woods and ors; Amec Group Ltd v[…]
Were actors working under a profit share agreement ‘workers’ for the purposes of employment legislation? Not necessarily, held the EAT on the facts in MacAlinden v Lazarov and others .[…]
Shared Parental Leave is a new right that will enable eligible mothers, fathers, partners and adopters to choose how to share time off work after their child is born or[…]
Employers could be liable to pay pension contributions to employees that are found to have been unfairly dismissed and have lost out on pension rights as a result. However, in[…]
1. National minimum wage reform The government is to propose to the Low Pay Commission that there should be a single national minimum wage rate for apprentices and 16-17 year[…]
National Minimum Wage: adult rate increases to £6.50; 18-20-year-old rate increases to £5.13; 16-17-year-old rate increases to £3.79; apprentice rate increases to £2.73. HMRC’s publicity surrounding the 2014 increases stresses[…]
The Ministry of Justice has today published statistics on tribunal claims for the period April-June 2014. The figures show that the total number of single claims in the employment tribunal[…]