Employment Law Archives

Draft Brexit rules could cause an “unskilled workforce crisis”

UK industry would find it “near impossible” to recruit low-skilled EU workers post-Brexit, if rules governing access to the UK jobs market for non-EU migrant workers were extended to EU…

Dismissal not unfair where employer took account of previous incidents

Facts Ms Pillar was employed by NHS 24 as a Nurse Practitioner. Her work consisted of taking telephone calls from members of the public and triaging them by asking appropriate…

Accommodation Offets

Accommodation for Employees The Accommodation Offset is a figure set by the Government each year. It is the limit on the amount that can be considered as a value for…

Voluntary Overtime – a Light at the end of the Tunnel?

Most employers will be aware of the extensive case law that has emerged over the past few years regarding the calculation of holiday pay where employees also work overtime. We…

Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave

The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill 2017 was introduced into the House of Commons in July 2017. Under the bill, employed parents who have lost a child would be…

Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

In July 2017, the House of Lords were presented with the Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill 2017. The Bill makes further provision for transparency in supply chains…

National Minimum Wage: sleep-in shifts in the social care sector

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) enforces payment of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and is currently investigating social care providers for underpayment of the NMW in respect of “sleep-in” shifts.…

So, employment tribunal fees are unlawful but what happens now?

After the flurry of activity from the July Supreme Court decision – that Employment Tribunal fees are unlawful – what happens now? 1. It is unlikely that fees will…

BBC gender pay gap

BBC Director General, Tony Hall, hopes to close the BBC gender pay gap by 2020, following a letter signed by 40 of the BBC’s most high-profile female stars (including the…

The Taylor Review of the “Gig” Economy

The “gig economy” (where individuals are engaged by businesses on a flexible, ad hoc basis – e.g. Uber drivers) has recently presented problems for determining employment status. The Taylor Review…

Disciplining for quoting the Bible

Mr Trayhorn was employed by the Secretary of State as a gardener at a prison. The prison had a chapel, and employed full-time Chaplains. Mr Trayhorn was a Pentecostal Christian,…

How to handle cancer in the workplace?

I am a HR Manager, and have recently been informed that one of our employees unfortunately has cancer. What should I do to support our employee in the workplace? People…

Liquid lunches: can an employer stop staff drinking during working hours?

We recently saw Lloyd’s of London banning a lunchtime pint during the working day but how far can an employer police what workers do when they are outside the office…

Gender pay gap begins just one year after graduation

The Department of Education has published data that suggests women graduates are paid less than male graduates despite studying the same subject in the same year. Women graduating in Veterinary…

Directors backlash after informing staff to vote Tory

Two Managing Directors have been criticised in the lead up to the election after reportedly telling staff that their jobs were at risk if they failed to vote Conservative. …

ICO publishes updated subject access code of practice

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has updated its subject access code of practice to reflect developments in recent Court of Appeal judgments. Organisations should find this updated guidance…

Male employee succeeds in discrimination claim for shared parental pay

In this case, the tribunal appears to take the view that, beyond the compulsory maternity leave period, men and women are in the same position with respect to caring for…

Dismissal fair despite employer’s failure to provide witness evidence of appeal stage at tribunal

It is common practice for employers to call a member of a dismissal appeal panel to give evidence at an unfair dismissal tribunal hearing. This case illustrates that a failure…

ICO warns businesses to prepare with one year to go until the GDPR

The Information Commissioner (ICO) has warned businesses that there’s no time to delay in preparing for “the biggest change to data protection law for a generation” when the General Data…

Union membership falls to lowest level since records began

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced that the number of union members is at an all-time low of 6.2 million. According to the figures, union membership decreased by…

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Category: Employment Law

Draft Brexit rules could cause an “unskilled workforce crisis”

Dismissal not unfair where employer took account of previous incidents

Accommodation Offets

Voluntary Overtime – a Light at the end of the Tunnel?

Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave

Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

National Minimum Wage: sleep-in shifts in the social care sector

So, employment tribunal fees are unlawful but what happens now?

BBC gender pay gap

The Taylor Review of the “Gig” Economy

Disciplining for quoting the Bible

How to handle cancer in the workplace?

Liquid lunches: can an employer stop staff drinking during working hours?

Gender pay gap begins just one year after graduation

Directors backlash after informing staff to vote Tory

ICO publishes updated subject access code of practice

Male employee succeeds in discrimination claim for shared parental pay

Dismissal fair despite employer’s failure to provide witness evidence of appeal stage at tribunal

ICO warns businesses to prepare with one year to go until the GDPR

Union membership falls to lowest level since records began