In Trago Mills (South Devon) Ltd v Information Commissioner and anor the Information Rights Tribunal has held that a council was entitled to refuse part of a freedom of information[…]
In Hospital Medical Group Ltd v Westwood the Court of Appeal has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a doctor, although not employed under a contract of employment, was a ‘worker’[…]
Unfairly Dismissed Employee’s Estate can recover full death-in-service Benefits
LATEST NEWS Aug 01, 2012
In Fox v British Airways Ltd, the EAT has held that the full value of a death-in-service benefit was payable in an unfair dismissal claim brought by the estate of[…]
The Ministry of Justice has published its response to the consultation on charging fees to bring and continue claims in the employment tribunal. The response sets out the Government’s intention[…]
No Common Law Duty preventing an Employee Setting up in Competition with Employer
LATEST NEWS Jun 29, 2012
In Ranson v Customer Systems plc the Court of Appeal has held that an employee who met his employer’s clients with a view to securing work for his own company[…]
Annual leave disrupted by sickness can be taken at a later date, irrespective of when the sickness started
LATEST NEWS Jun 21, 2012
In Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Federación de Asociaciones Sindicales and ors the ECJ has held that the EU Working Time Directive (No.2003/88) requires that a[…]
The Government has announced that it will proceed with plans to require employers who lose equal pay claims before an employment tribunal to undertake and publish equal pay audits. The[…]
The Government has announced the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) remit for its 2013 Report. The LPC will continue to monitor, evaluate and review the national minimum wage (NMW) and its[…]
Disregarding length of service with different company was not age discrimination
LATEST NEWS Jun 08, 2012
In a recent case Tyrolean Airways Tiroler Luftfahrt GmbH v Betriebsrat Bord the European Court of Justice has held that an employer’s refusal to take into account service with other[…]
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill – which makes provision for numerous employment law reforms including mandatory pre-claim Acas conciliation, resolving more claims without a hearing and financial penalties for[…]