In Brierley and ors v Asda Stores Ltd, the Manchester Employment Tribunal has ruled that a group of Asda store workers can compare themselves to distribution depot workers for the[…]
Asda Store Workers Can Compare themselves to Depot Staff for Equal Pay Purposes
LATEST NEWS Oct 18, 2016
Court of Appeal Decision: Holiday Pay under Working Time Regulations includes Commission
LATEST NEWS Oct 17, 2016
In British Gas Trading Ltd v Lock and anor, the Court of Appeal has upheld the EAT’s decision that the Working Time Regulations 1998 SI 1998/1833 (WTR) can be interpreted[…]
Tribunal has Power to Decide whether a Settlement Agreement is invalid due to Lack of Mental Capacity
LATEST NEWS Oct 05, 2016
Tribunal can determine whether settlement agreement invalid for lack of capacity In Glasgow City Council v Dahhan, the EAT has held that the employment tribunal has jurisdiction to set aside[…]
This is the ACAS Guide to Settlement Agreements, a useful starting point if you have been offered or are considering offering a settlement agreement. Settlement agreements Settlement Agreements came into[…]
In G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Ltd v Powell, the EAT has held that a reasonable adjustment for disability which is incompatible with the terms of the employment contract cannot be[…]
In Trustees of the William Jones’s School Foundation v Parry, the EAT has held that rule 12(1)(b) of the Employment Tribunal Rules 2013 is ultra vires – i.e. outside the[…]
In McTigue v University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, the EAT has clarified the circumstances in which an agency worker can claim whistleblowing protection against an end-user by virtue of[…]
In Bougnaoui and anor v Micropole SA, Advocate General Sharpston has given the opinion that an employee’s dismissal for wearing an Islamic headscarf at work, in breach of a direct[…]
In Taiwo v Olaigbe and another case, the Supreme Court has held that while immigration status is a function of nationality, it is not so closely associated with nationality as[…]
New Case Concerning the Definition of Provision, Criterion or Practice in Disability Discrimination Cases: Carreras v United First Partners Research
LATEST NEWS, Our Services May 31, 2016
Appeal against the dismissal of the Claimant’s claims of disability discrimination by reason of a failure to make reasonable adjustments and of constructive unfair dismissal. Respondent’s cross-appeal to the extent[…]