Blog - Morgan LaRoche

From Street Art to Trade Marks: Banksy’s IP Struggle

Banksy, the anonymous graffiti artist from Bristol, has run into some serious difficulties while trying to protect his intellectual property. An ongoing legal battle, with greetings card company Full Colour…

COVID: Dealing with employees who holiday abroad

Who is required to quarantine? From 17 May 2021, red, amber and green list rules apply when entering the Country from overseas, imposing three levels of quarantine obligations depending upon…

The Tribunal tidal wave is about to break

The backlog in outstanding ET claim grows with little prospect of improvements without stronger government action. Increasing claim costs and the unknown cost of those claims already in the pipeline…

Dementia Action Week: Cure the care system (17 – 23 May 2021)

Dementia Action Week (17 – 23 May), hosted by Alzheimer’s Society, is urging Government to fix the broken care system and provide support and care needed and deserved by people with dementia…

Employment tribunal statistics

Employment tribunal statistics for the quarter October to December 2020 have been published. Accelerating the trend shown in the previous quarter’s statistics, claim receipts increased by 82% and single claim…

Modern Slavery Act 2015 statements

On 11 March 2021, the Home Office announced the launch of its new registry for slavery statements and the addition of the government’s own modern slavery statement to the registry.…

Health and safety detriment protection to be extended to workers

Legislation has been laid before Parliament to extend the rights currently in place to provide further health and safety protection for workers. The amendments will provide clarity to businesses and…

Removal of Christian non-executive director

A recent case has decided that an NHS Trust Development Authority did not discriminate against a Christian non-executive director, on religious grounds when it decided not to renew his term…

Tribunal awards increases

As of 6 April 2021, Parliament have revised compensation limits for certain tribunal awards and other statutory payments. In cases involving dismissal, the new figures will apply where the termination…

All-male boards a “thing of the past”?

The 30% Club has published its latest monthly statistics on female boardroom representation revealing that as of February 2021 in the FTSE 350, there are no all-male boards left and…

Uber drivers are workers

The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld an employment tribunal decision that Uber drivers are workers. In particular, it was held that worker status was a question of statutory interpretation, rather…

Public Sector Exit Payments

The UK government has decided to revoke the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 which came into force on 4 November 2020. Following an extensive review of the…

IR35

This presentation will look at: ±Why do companies engage contractors? ±What is IR35? ±How are the IR35 rules changing on 6th April 21? ±What do businesses have to do to…

How can an employer defend a harassment claim?

A recent case has decided it is not simply enough to train staff but any training must be refreshed. Training that was 20 months old was found to be “stale”…

Surveillance in workplace

Recently, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided in a particular case that an employer was not entitled to dismiss an employee who was conducting surveillance in the workplace, noting that…

Lesbian Gay and Bisexual conflict at work

The CIPD have recently published their research report Inclusion at work: Perspectives on LGBT+ working lives, which has revealed that, over a twelve-month period, more than 40% of LGB+ workers…

Socio-economic Regulations

On 9 February 2021, the Welsh Government laid the Equality Act (Authorities subject to a duty regarding Socio-economic Inequalities) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (Regulations) before Senedd Cymru, together with an explanatory…

Employer could not rely on defence of taking all reasonable steps to prevent harassment

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal’s finding that an employer failed to take all reasonable steps to avoid an employee being racially harassed by another due to the…

Article Categories

From Street Art to Trade Marks: Banksy’s IP Struggle

COVID: Dealing with employees who holiday abroad

The Tribunal tidal wave is about to break

Dementia Action Week: Cure the care system (17 – 23 May 2021)

Employment tribunal statistics

Modern Slavery Act 2015 statements

Health and safety detriment protection to be extended to workers

Removal of Christian non-executive director

Tribunal awards increases

All-male boards a “thing of the past”?

Uber drivers are workers

Public Sector Exit Payments

IR35

How can an employer defend a harassment claim?

Surveillance in workplace

Lesbian Gay and Bisexual conflict at work

Socio-economic Regulations

Employer could not rely on defence of taking all reasonable steps to prevent harassment