The Government has now published a number of statutory instruments that make various changes to employment law, some of which were previously only available in draft form. A revised version[…]
The Court of Appeal in Shumba & others v Park Cakes Ltd confirmed that enhanced redundancy payments may become contractually binding through custom and practice. The Claimants, who had been[…]
Since the Coalition Government came to power in 2010, it has undertaken an intensive programme of employment law reform as part of its Parliament-long Employment Law Review and the employment-related[…]
In Neal v Freightliner Ltd an employment tribunal has held that a freight worker was entitled to have overtime payments and shift premia counted towards his holiday pay. The payments[…]
The Government has outlined a further raft of measures as part of its Parliament-long Review of Employment Law and the Red Tape Challenge. It has begun a call for evidence[…]
The Government has published a consultation on proposals to strengthen and simplify the current civil penalty scheme, which is aimed at preventing illegal migrant working. Since 1997 employers have had[…]
Duty to consult over collective redundancies applies irrespective of where workers are based.
LATEST NEWS Jul 03, 2013
In Usdaw v Ethel Austin Ltd (in administration) and another case the EAT has held that the words ‘at one establishment’ in S.188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations[…]
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published its latest round of quarterly tribunal statistics for January to March 2013, which also includes annual figures for the financial year[…]
25 June 2013 EAT hearings by judge alone (s. 12) No qualifying period for unfair dismissal where it relates to employee’s political opinion/affiliation (s. 13) Reducing the cap on the[…]
In Riežniece v Zemkopības ministrija and anor the ECJ has held that the EU Framework Agreement on Parental Leave does not prevent an employer, in the context of the abolition[…]