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Transgender woman brings discrimination claim against courier company in latest “gig economy” case
Transgender woman brings discrimination claim against courier company in latest “gig economy” case A transgender woman, known as Hayley Stanley, has brought a discrimination claim against the courier ...
Painter Killed by Reversing Lorry
Painter Killed by Reversing Lorry The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted EMC Contracts Ltd after a painter working on a project to fit out a new coffee shop at a cinema was struck by a reve...
Employment Law Changes from April 2016
Employment Law Changes from April 2016 The following changes come into force in April 2016: 1 April National Living Wage Workers aged 25 and over will have to be paid the National Living Wage of £7...
Lower termination payments for fixed-term employees not unlawful
...contracts was unlawful under the Fixed-Term Employees Regulations 2002. It rejected an argument that the difference in treatment was justified because the fixed-term employees had no expectation...
Cap on public sector exit payments back on the agenda
Cap on public sector exit payments back on the agenda The Government is going ahead with plans to prevent public sector employers paying exit or severance payments of more than £95,000. The cap affect...
Court Issues Guidance on Disciplinary Action for Facebook Postings
Court Issues Guidance on Disciplinary Action for Facebook Postings An employee who posted views about gay marriage on his Facebook page was not guilty of misconduct. His demotion therefore amounted t...
Gender Pay Gap Reporting Obligations in Force from April
Gender Pay Gap Reporting Obligations in Force from April The Government has published revised draft regulations which will require larger private and voluntary sector employers in England, Wales and ...
Intention to Compete is not Gross Misconduct
Intention to Compete is not Gross Misconduct An employment tribunal had been wrong to find dismissals fair where employees were dismissed for planning to set up in competition and using company resour...
Disagreement Over Pay and Terms: No Breach of Trust and Confidence
Disagreement Over Pay and Terms: No Breach of Trust and Confidence An employer who dismissed an employee as a result of a disagreement over the terms of his contract could not rely on some other subst...
Sick employees’ right to carry over untaken holiday only applies to Working Time Directive leave
Sick employees’ right to carry over untaken holiday only applies to Working Time Directive leave An employer’s obligation to allow sick workers to carry over untaken holiday only applies to the four w...
Office-working requirement discriminated against carer
Office-working requirement discriminated against carer Tribunal rules employee who cared for her disabled mother suffered indirect associative discrimination An employment tribunal has ruled that an ...
Non-compete clause unenforceable due to short notice period during probation
...contracts. This suggested they were not reasonably necessary. Non-dealing restriction would have provided adequate protection The High Court ruled that the non-compete restriction was also too...
Can I keep the Company IPad? -as published on settlementagreement.co.uk
...contracts will often contain a term which requires an employee to return company property on termination of employment. A similar provision is commonly included in the settlement agreement itself. I...
Contractual change not void under TUPE
...contracts. The employees claimed that the variation was void on the basis that the reason for the contractual change was the TUPE transfer or a reason connected with it. They brought anot...
Addison Lee refused permission to appeal worker status ruling for couriers
...contracts and arrangements to protect themselves against potential claims.
Employee entitled to long-term disability benefits until he could return to the same job
...contracts and handbooks are clear so as to avoid misunderstandings and disputes about benefit entitlements. Where the scheme is insurance-backed, they should also ensure that their documents accuratel...
Injunction preventing employer pursuing disciplinary proceedings in parallel with a police investigation overturned
Injunction preventing employer pursuing disciplinary proceedings in parallel with a police investigation overturned The Court of Appeal has ruled that an employer was entitled to conduct its own disci...
Collaboration between businesses – what are your options?
...contracts in its own name, and any liability, including taxation of the partnership business, will ultimately fall to the partners themselves. A common solution is to create a new company owned...
LLP Members Qualify for Worker Rights: Implications for LLPs and their Members
...contracts with themselves. However, it did not need to decide this issue and therefore left open this issue and, by extension, the question of whether a partner could be a “worker” in their firm for ...
Bonuses: Discretionary vs Contractual explained
...contracts set out that a bonus is discretionary, but actually, this isn't necessarily always the case in practice, despite the wording of the contract. So in this session, we set out some key question...