In Birmingham City Council v Abdulla and ors the majority of the Supreme Court has held that equal pay claims, which would have been out of time in an employment[…]
Civil Aviation Regulations give effect to ECJ ruling on pilots’ holiday pay
LATEST NEWS Oct 18, 2012
In British Airways plc v Williams and ors, the Supreme Court has held that the Civil Aviation (Working Time) Regulations 2004 can be interpreted so as to give effect to[…]
The Government has announced further amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill creating, among other things, a power to issue regulations on mandatory equal pay audits for employers who[…]
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced that the Government will not be introducing ‘no-fault dismissal’ for micro businesses following its call for evidence. The Government has also[…]
Norman Lamb, Minister for Employment Relations, has publicly named Rita Patel, a Leicester hair and beauty salon owner, for failing to pay GBP3,361.22 in national minimum wage (NMW) to a[…]
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[…]