In Coles v Ministry of Defence, the EAT has held that Reg 13 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, which gives agency workers the right to be informed of vacancies[…]
EAT Decision on Right to be Informed of Vacancies under Agency Worker Regulations
LATEST NEWS Aug 03, 2015
The Government is to introduce a Trade Union Bill to impose new restrictions on industrial action ballots. Among other things, the Bill will introduce a 50% turnout requirement for a[…]
The Government is to introduce a Trade Union Bill to impose new restrictions on industrial action ballots. Among other things, the Bill will introduce a 50% turnout requirement for a[…]
In Plumb v Duncan Print Group Ltd, the EAT has held that Reg 13(9) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 SI 1998/1833 must be read as permitting a worker to[…]
In Basildon Academies v Amadi and anor, the EAT has held that there was no express or implied contractual obligation on a tutor to inform the school at which he[…]
Risk of Belief by Public of Unproven Sexual Harassment Claim not Enough to Preserve Anonymity
LATEST NEWS Jun 26, 2015
In BBC v Roden, the EAT held that a tribunal was wrong to take into account the risk of the public believing in the truth of unproven allegations of sexual[…]
Travelling Time to First Appointment is Working Time for Peripatetic Workers
LATEST NEWS Jun 17, 2015
Time spent by workers (who are not assigned to a fixed place of work) who spend travelling from home to their first customer, and from the last customer back to[…]
Provisions in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 that render exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts unenforceable come into force today (26 May). Various other employment measures have also[…]
In Cranwell v Cullen the EAT decided that the ACAS Conciliation requirements must be met before a Tribunal can hear a claim, even if this resulted in apparent unfairness. The[…]
Genuinely held Religious Belief no defence to Sexual Orientation Discrimination
LATEST NEWS May 20, 2015
In an unusually political case decided this week, the Court had to consider the problem of apparently conflicting non-discrimination rights. In the “Ashers Bakery” case, the Defendents, owners of a[…]