Employment Law Archives

Are your staff wilting in the workplace?

With the UK’s first ever extreme heat warning employers are under increased pressure to ensure the safety of their workers. By working in high temperatures, employers may notice staff have…

Managing employees during the UEFA Euros 2020

With the ongoing Euros 2020 tournament and with England reaching the quarter finals, employers may find that their HR departments are busier than ever. Alongside additional annual leave requests, managers…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Sexual harassment of women increases

Rights of Women charity has recently raised its concerns regarding the increase in online sexual harassment of women at work as platforms used by employers to facilitate remote working such…

Domestic abuse guidance

On 14 January 2021, an open letter to employers calling on them to support the victims of domestic abuse was published by the Government. BEIS has also now published a…

Awareness about workers’ rights to be improved

In a bid to combat nationwide lack of knowledge about workers’ rights, on 22 January 2021, the Welsh Government announced that it will be collaborating with a range of partners…

BEIS review of workers’ rights cancelled

On 27 January 2021, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, the Business Secretary, announced that a post-Brexit review of workers’ rights due to be carried out by the Department for Business, Energy and…

Flexible working to be day-one right for employees

The CIPD has launched a new campaign calling for the right to request flexible working to be a day-one right for all employees and for employers to advertise jobs as…

Mental health income gap in the UK

A recent report has been published by the Mental Health and Income Commission which is a collaboration of businesses, trade unions and charities led by the Money and Mental Health…

25% of employees currently have no unfair dismissal rights

TUC has published a recent report revealing that approximately 7.5 million employees, being 25% of workers, have been employed for less than two year, therefore, not been employed long enough…

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…

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…

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Are your staff wilting in the workplace?

Managing employees during the UEFA Euros 2020

The Tribunal tidal wave is about to break

Public Sector Exit Payments

Uber drivers are workers

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

Tribunal awards increases

Removal of Christian non-executive director

Health and safety detriment protection to be extended to workers

Modern Slavery Act 2015 statements

Employment tribunal statistics

Sexual harassment of women increases

Domestic abuse guidance

Awareness about workers’ rights to be improved

BEIS review of workers’ rights cancelled

Flexible working to be day-one right for employees

Mental health income gap in the UK

25% of employees currently have no unfair dismissal rights

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

Socio-economic Regulations