In the employment arena this month there is focus on Unfair dismissal, Discrimination, GDPR, Families and Pregnancy and a few other bits to temp you. Unfair dismissal The Court of Appeal has held that an employee was not automatically unfairly dismissed for making protected disclosures to her […]
Read more →A recent case in the Central London Employment Tribunal made clear how important it is for paperwork to be up to date. When a member of staff is: promoted; demoted; changes job title; changes hours; and even has a change in salary; all of these should be […]
Read more →This month, read on for the importance of getting timing right in appeals when a case was not accepted at an EAT, even though it was just one hour late. Concerns about the ‘gig’ economy and holiday pay for those on zero hours contracts. Also, what happens […]
Read more →Following the Prime Minister’s announcement last month that notice to leave the EU under Article 50 will be given by the end of March 2017, the High Court held that the government does not have power to do this under the Royal Prerogative. It therefore seems that […]
Read more →HMRC has announced it is to form a specialist team to examine working practices at organisations that use freelance staff to fill what amount to full-time roles. Employers that persistently use office-based freelance workers to cover what would otherwise be full-time positions avoid offering individuals any of […]
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