In Hyde Housing Association Ltd and ors v Layton the EAT has held that there was no transfer of employment under the Transfer of Employment (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006[…]
No TUPE transfer where transferor retained liability on joint and several basis
LATEST NEWS Nov 11, 2015
Update to the Fee Remissions Process – message from the HMCTS Reform Programme Team HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has made some changes and developed a simpler and faster[…]
In the recent case of Underwood v Wincanton Plc the EAT decided that a complaint about contractual matters be in the “public interest” under the new whistleblowing provisions. One of[…]
In the recent case of Shannon v Clifton House Residential the EAT decided the issue of whether an on-call night worker who lives at his place of work entitled to[…]
The Government is planning to extend shared parental leave to include grandparents. The Government’s aim is to bring this in by 2018 and it only affects working grandparents (non-working grandparents[…]
The following changes are coming into force on 1 October 2015:- * minimum wage – the adult rate increases from £6.50 to £6.70 * Employment Tribunals – will lose the[…]
European Court of Justice Travel Working Time Ruling – How will it affect employers and employees?
LATEST NEWS Sep 18, 2015
Last week the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that workers with no fixed office should be paid for time spent travelling to and from work under Working Time Directive[…]
European Court Rules Time Spent Travelling to Work from First and Last Appointment Counts as Working Time
LATEST NEWS Sep 11, 2015
This time has not previously been considered as work by many employers. The decision means companies including those employing for example care workers, remotely working engineers and sales reps may[…]
The Scottish Government has announced plans to scrap employment tribunal fees under powers set to be transferred from Westminster. The intention to abolish fees in Scotland was included in a[…]
In Ibarz v University of Sheffield, the EAT has held that it has power under rule 34A of the EAT Rules 1993 to order the respondent to repay the fees[…]