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Early Conciliation Explained
...employment tribunal claims issued on or after 6 May 2014. Early conciliation by Acas is intended to help parties resolve disputes without the need to bring an employment tribunal claim. The guidance ...
Direct Earnings Attachment: DWP Guide for Employers
Direct Earnings Attachment: DWP Guide for Employers The Department for Work and Pensions has published a guide for employers explaining what they need to do if they are asked to implement a direct ear...
Failure to Hold Employers’ Liability Insurance
Failure to Hold Employers’ Liability Insurance The boss of a window cleaning firm has been fined for failing to prove he held employers’ liability insurance. Jason Mawson owned and operated a window...
Disciplinary Sanction Could Not be Increased on Appeal
Disciplinary Sanction Could Not be Increased on Appeal An employer who issued an employee with a final written warning could not increase the sanction to dismissal following the employee’s appeal. ...
Autumn Statement for Employers
...employment of young people by enabling them to develop the skills and experience they need for their future careers. The Government also announced that from April 2015 the income tax personal allowan...
In It Together? - as published in New Law Journal
In It Together? - as published in New Law Journal Jessica Corsi gives her views on the Advocate General's opinion on employers' collective redundancy consultation obligations. Click here to read he...
Absence of Umbrella Contract Relevant to Employment Status
...Employment Status When deciding whether someone employed on an assignment by assignment basis has the necessary employment status to bring a discrimination claim, the absence of an umbrella contract m...
COVID-19 and health and safety: joint statement issued by the HSE, TUC and CBI
COVID-19 and health and safety: joint statement issued by the HSE, TUC and CBI The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) ha...
Sex Discrimination: Referees Beware!
...employment on receipt of the reference (this also amounted to victimisation). It was found that the reason for providing the poor reference was because Ms Bullimore had previously pursued a claim of ...
Post-Termination Victimisation Unlawful under Equality Act
...employment has terminated is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010. Due to the drafting of the relevant provisions of the Equality Act, the question of whether it protects against post-employment victi...
Employment and Human Resources Advice for Schools, Academies and Colleges
...employment tribunal claim from an ex-employee we are on hand to make certain that all of our clients receive a quick response and tailored pragmatic advice. How we can help We provide strategic emplo...
Latest Tribunal Statistics Published
...employment tribunals (including the Employment Appeal Tribunal), up from 75% in 2014/15. During this period there was also a 20% drop in the number of appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The ...
The importance of adapting contracts for overseas employees
...employment contract of an overseas employee states that it is governed by UK law is a factor that an employment cannot ignore when considering whether it has jurisdiction to hear an employee’s unfair ...
No deemed knowledge of disability as employee hid mental ill-health
...employment tribunal rule in this case? Her employer admitted she was disabled because of her mental impairments but said it did not know this. The employment tribunal agreed but ruled that it ought t...
Jack Reynolds
...employment law matters. Jack acquired a law degree at Oxford Brookes University in 2018 and gained a distinction in the Legal Practice Course in the Summer of 2021. Working in the area of employment l...
Six Year Time Limit for Equal Pay Claims Following Supreme Court Ruling
...employment tribunal where the time limit for bringing the claim is six months after the employment ends. Tribunals are not able to extend this time limit. The claimants only became aware of their po...
Rest Break Not Interrupted by Attendance at Union Meeting
...employment tribunal ruled that time spent on trade union duties or activities was not “working time” for the purposes of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR”). Working time is defined as “any per...
Coronavirus job retention scheme portal set to open for applications on 20 April
Coronavirus job retention scheme portal set to open for applications on 20 April HMRC has provided further information about the launch of the online portal for applying for grants under the coronavir...
Employer Not Obliged to Pay for Untaken Flexi-hours on Termination
Employer Not Obliged to Pay for Untaken Flexi-hours on Termination A tribunal should not have implied a term into a dismissed employee’s employment contract that he was entitled to be paid for unused ...
When are dismissal notices effective?
...employment tribunal is considering the effective date of termination of an employee’s employment (EDT), in order to work out if they have the two years’ service needed to bring an unfair dismissal cla...