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Dutch employer fined €725,000 for processing biometric data unlawfully
Dutch employer fined €725,000 for processing biometric data unlawfully The Dutch Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) (“Dutch SA”) has fined an employer €725,000 (approximately £636,800...
Furlough errors: what to do
Furlough errors: what to do HMRC has started sending letters to employers it considers may have claimed too much under the coronavirus job retention scheme. It will be issuing 3,000 letters a week, an...
UK law can be interpreted to include commission in holiday pay
...Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that UK legislation can be interpreted so as to give effect to this right. Workers can therefore bring an employment tribunal claim to enforce their right. Claim...
No Direct Disability Discrimination as Decision Maker did not Know Employee Disabled
...employment tribunal dismissed his claim. The person who made the decision to dismiss Mr Gallop did not know of his disability. Mr Gallop appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, arguing that the ...
Pimlico plumber loses £74,000 holiday pay claim
...Employment Appeal Tribunal has rejected a claim for holiday pay brought by former Pimlico plumber, Mr Smith. It agreed with the employment tribunal that Mr Smith had not brought his claim in time.&nbs...
Dismissal for Refusing to Leave Husband was Religious Discrimination
...Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) overturned the employment tribunal’s decision. The employment tribunal had taken the wrong approach to the issue of comparative disadvantage. It should have consider...
Employers must be pro-active in enabling staff to take holiday, ECJ rules
...employment he requested a payment in lieu of the holiday he had not taken. His employer refused. In Shimizu v Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, two months before the end of his employment, Mr ...
Claire Wilson
...Employment Law since 2007 Professional memberships Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) Claire advises on a wide range of employment matters for both companies and i...
Caste Discrimination Unlawful under the Equality Act 2010
...employment tribunal allowed the claim to proceed and the employer appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT"). The EAT ruled that the claim could be brought under the law as it stands as it f...
Can settlement agreements settle future claims?
...employment or its termination. Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision Mr Bathgate appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”), arguing that for a settlement agreement to be valid t...
Employer Not Required to Waive Competitive Interview Process for Disabled Employee
Employer Not Required to Waive Competitive Interview Process for Disabled Employee An employer’s failure to waive its competitive interview process and appoint a redundant disabled employee to a vacan...
Employment Tribunal Decisions to be Published Online
Employment Tribunal Decisions to be Published Online HM Courts and Tribunals Service has announced plans to introduce an online database of employment tribunal decisions in autumn 2016. The database ...
Government rejects BEIS recommendation to extend gender pay gap reporting obligations
Government rejects BEIS recommendation to extend gender pay gap reporting obligations What has been the government’s response to the BEIS select committee’s report?The Government has responded to the ...
Can an employer bypass a trade union when changing terms?
...Employment Law Journal. Click here to read the article in full.
Employees will be able to request flexible working from the first day of their employment
...employment Government responds to flexible working consultation The Government has announced that employees will have the right to request flexible working from the first day of their employment...
Looking Ahead to 2024
Looking Ahead to 2024 Workplace law changes and how employers can prepare Read our Looking Ahead to 2024 guide, for important workplace and legislation changes to look out for in 2024, and how e...
Injunction forcing employee to remain employed without pay upheld by Court of Appeal
...employment contract continued until 16 October. R’s purported resignation was a repudiatory breach of contract. The employer had chosen not to accept the breach and he therefore remained employed. I...
Government announces reforms to workers’ rights in latest Good Work Plan
...employment tribunal claim to enforce their rights. What are the changes to employment status included in the plan? The Government accepts that the tax and employment law tests for employment should ...
Victimisation and Discrimination — Important New Lessons for Employers - as published in HRZONE
...employment-law/victimisation-and-discrimination-important-new-lessons-employers/138672 What happened in Bouabdillah v Commerzbank AG? In the very recent case of Bouabdillah v Commerzbank AG, Latifa ...
EU gig economy workers could be reclassified as employees
...Employment status in the gig economy was a key focus of the Taylor Review back in 2017 and in its response the Government said it would legislate to improve the clarity of the employment status tests ...