The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2011 SI 2011/3006 has been published. The Order will increase the limits on certain employment tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment[…]
The Government Equalities Office has announced the creation of a new Equality Advisory and Support Service to provide support to vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals facing discrimination. The service will provide[…]
What is the test for determining whether a domestic worker treated as a family member is ineligible for the National Minimum Wage? The test is to be approached holistically, there[…]
In Dunn v Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management the EAT has held that the protection from discrimination of married persons under S.3 of the Sex Discrimination Act includes protection[…]
The UK has introduced new laws increasing the rights of temporary workers. Linda Goldman and Joan Lewis find out what this means for firms hiring agency staff. There was a[…]
The Government has announced its plans for the ‘most radical reform to the employment law system for decades’. The wide-ranging changes, which include reform of the tribunal system, the introduction[…]
In Fraser v Southwest London St George’s Mental Health Trust the EAT has held that an employee on long-term sick leave must request annual leave in accordance with Reg 15[…]
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has made a Freedom of Information request for information on the number of employment tribunal claims relating to the right to request[…]
Employers Not Vicariously Liable for Whistleblowing Victimisation by Employees
LATEST NEWS Oct 29, 2011
In NHS Manchester v Fecitt and ors the Court of Appeal decided that the EAT was wrong to hold an employer vicariously liable for its employees victimising a whistleblower. The[…]
In Johnson-Caswell v MJB (Partnership) Ltd an employment tribunal decided that an independent financial advisor (IFA) who was purportedly self-employed was in fact an employee. In the tribunal’s view, a[…]