Employment Law Archives

H&M fined EUR35 million in Germany for GDPR breach after storing “extensive” employee data

On 2 October 2020, H&M received a fine of EUR35 million for monitoring and recording “extensive details” about hundreds of its employees in Nuremburg, in breach of the General Data…

Employment tribunal quarterly statistics for April to June 2020 and annual awards statistics for 2019/20 published

April to June 2020 employment tribunal quarterly statistics have been published by the Ministry of Justice. During this period, single claim receipts and caseload outstanding rose by 18% and 31%…

UK gender pay gap legislation much less ”robust” than in other countries, report finds

The Fawcett Society and the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London (KCL), which analysed the gender pay gap reporting legislation of ten countries, has revealed in their…

Recent CIPD report suggests only 52% of employers have a diversity strategy

A poll of over 650 HR professionals, conducted as part of the CIPD and Omni Resource Management Solutions’ “Resourcing and talent planning survey 2020”, suggests that many employers are failing…

UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery 2020

On 19 October 2020, the government published the UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery 2020, which entails the measures it has taken to combat modern slavery over the past 12…

ICO publishes detailed subject access request guidance

There is now detailed guidance for organisations on how to deal with rights of access to personal data (subject access rights) published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)) under the…

Employment Tribunal holds that homecare providers agree to pay backdated National Minimum Wage to care workers for travelling and waiting time between care appointments

In a claim ongoing since 2016, three homecare service providers have agreed to pay ten care workers the national minimum wage (NMW) for travelling and waiting time between care appointments. …

Modern Slavery Act 2015: government response to transparency in supply chains consultation

On 22 September 2020, the UK government published a response (Response) to its transparency in supply chains consultation. It is a legal requirement for certain commercial organisations to produce an…

Christian teaching assistant sacked over anti-LGBT Facebook post takes case to tribunal

A Christian teaching assistant lost her job over a Facebook post where she shared a petition against teaching about LGBT relationships in primary schools claims that the dismissal breached her…

Employment Tribunal Rules amended to reduce bureaucracy and increase capacity

New legislation introduced by the government to make several technical changes to employment tribunal and early conciliation procedure aimed at reducing bureaucracy and increasing the capacity of the employment tribunals…

Tribunal makes costs award against former employee of £432,000

The employment tribunal has awarded an employer £432,000 in costs, which is thought to be the largest costs award made by the tribunal to date. A former employee had unsuccessfully…

COVID-19: pandemic leads to backlog of 45,000 employment tribunal cases

45,000 employment tribunal cases waiting to be heard in August 2020, Ministry of Justice data shows according to the Law Society Gazette, demonstrating an increase in the backlog of cases…

COVID-19: ACAS says, 37% of employers likely to make redundancies in next three months

Redundancies on the rise? A survey of 2,097 British businesses published by Acas has revealed that over the next three months, 37% of employers are likely to make redundancies. 56%…

COVID-19: Access to Work scheme employer factsheet updated

The government has updated the employer guide for the Access to Work scheme, which provides grants of up to £60,700 to help disabled people start or stay in work. The…

CIPD and EHRC publish guide on supporting employees suffering domestic abuse

On 29 September 2020, the CIPD and EHRC published Managing and supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse: a guide for employers. Recommendations include employers should have a clear policy in place…

Women on boards: number of executive positions occupied by women remains “stubbornly low”

The Female FTSE Board Report 2020, published by Cranfield School of Management and EY, which looks at trends in female representation on FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 boards each year,…

Employer not liable for consequences of employee’s practical joke in the workplace

The High Court has upheld a county court decision that an employer was not negligent or vicariously liable for the actions of an employee whose practical joke unintentionally caused injury…

Employee charged with criminal offence was fairly dismissed due to risk to employer’s reputation (EAT)

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal’s decision that an employee was fairly dismissed for some other substantial reason given the potential reputational risk to his employer, a registered…

Study reveals three out of five employers concerned about introduction of IR35

A poll of 398 senior decision-makers in medium and large businesses has revealed that 62% are concerned about their ability to attract temporary workers when the IR35 rules come into…

Parental bereavement leave and pay: regulations made

The Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020 have been made. These regulations implement new pay and leave entitlements to bereaved parents in respect of children whose date of death is on…

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H&M fined EUR35 million in Germany for GDPR breach after storing “extensive” employee data

Employment tribunal quarterly statistics for April to June 2020 and annual awards statistics for 2019/20 published

UK gender pay gap legislation much less ”robust” than in other countries, report finds

Recent CIPD report suggests only 52% of employers have a diversity strategy

UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery 2020

ICO publishes detailed subject access request guidance

Employment Tribunal holds that homecare providers agree to pay backdated National Minimum Wage to care workers for travelling and waiting time between care appointments

Modern Slavery Act 2015: government response to transparency in supply chains consultation

Christian teaching assistant sacked over anti-LGBT Facebook post takes case to tribunal

Employment Tribunal Rules amended to reduce bureaucracy and increase capacity

Tribunal makes costs award against former employee of £432,000

COVID-19: pandemic leads to backlog of 45,000 employment tribunal cases

COVID-19: ACAS says, 37% of employers likely to make redundancies in next three months

COVID-19: Access to Work scheme employer factsheet updated

CIPD and EHRC publish guide on supporting employees suffering domestic abuse

Women on boards: number of executive positions occupied by women remains “stubbornly low”

Employer not liable for consequences of employee’s practical joke in the workplace

Employee charged with criminal offence was fairly dismissed due to risk to employer’s reputation (EAT)

Study reveals three out of five employers concerned about introduction of IR35

Parental bereavement leave and pay: regulations made