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[…]
Annual leave disrupted by sickness can be taken at a later date, irrespective of when the sickness started
LATEST NEWS Jun 21, 2012
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[…]
The Government has announced a raft of changes to the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The Equality Act amendments follow examination of the[…]
The CIPD reported in a survey of employers this month that more than half of companies have used compromise agreements in the past two years as a means of resolving[…]
Disclosure of employment information to unsuccessful job applicant not required by EU law
LATEST NEWS Apr 20, 2012
In Meister v Speech Design Carrier Systems GmbH, the European Court of Justice has held that EU law does not require an employer facing a discrimination claim from an unsuccessful[…]
A range of employment law reforms come into force in April 2012. Perhaps the most important of the Government’s employment law reforms, the increase in the unfair dismissal qualifying period,[…]
Everyone is working together to make the Olympic and Paralympic Games a great success, but there are some real issues employers need to start thinking about now. Your employees will[…]