Must Employers Record All Hours Worked?
In Federacion de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v Deutsche Bank SAE (Case C-55/18), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered whether the EU’s Working Time Directive...more
Raising Rates: U.K. Employment Tribunal Compensation Limits and National Minimum Wage 2019 -
The annual increases in compensation in the Employment Tribunals will take effect on 6 April 2019....more
If Accrued Holidays Are Not Used, Will They Be Lost?
In the cases of Kreuziger v Berlin (C-619/16) EU:C:2018:872 and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften eV v Shimizu (C-684/16) EU:C:2018:874, the...more
The U.K. government has published its Good Work Plan. The report’s proposals seek to implement most of the recommendations in the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, which we reported in 2017 and 2018. The government...more
U.K. Supreme Court: The Latest on Employment Status in the “Gig” Economy -
In the latest high profile “gig” economy decision, the U.K. Supreme Court has held in Pimlico Plumbers Ltd & another v Smith [2018] UKSC 29 that Mr...more
The annual increases in compensation in the employment tribunals will take effect on 6 April 2018. The new rates apply where the event giving rise to the compensation (such as the termination of employment) occurs on or after...more
In King v The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another (C-214/16), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered whether a worker was entitled to be paid on termination for periods of accrued but untaken holiday going back...more
In Uber BV and others v Aslam and others UKEAT/0056/17, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the 2016 employment tribunal decision that Uber’s drivers are workers. As such, they qualify for additional rights including...more
The summer months have seen two binding decisions from the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the continuing litigation around holiday pay.
In Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Others [2017]...more
The Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices (the Review), an independent report commissioned by the U.K. government to analyse the changing employment landscape, was published on 11 July 2017....more