Our employment law update for July covers cases about legal principles tribunals must consider when analysing the ‘substantial adverse impact’ in disability claims, the difficulties in selecting discrimination comparators,...more
Our January update includes a new Court of Session case giving (a degree of) certainty on settlement agreements prohibiting future unknown claims and a new case on constructive dismissal focusing on the rules around delaying...more
Our April update considers key employment law developments from March 2022. It includes a new case on non-compete covenants, increases to statutory pay limits, changes to right to work checks and a case looking at the...more
In this issue, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the U.K., including a Supreme Court decision on when pay offers to union members outside the collective bargaining process are unlawful,...more
Our February update covers key employment law developments from January 2022. It also includes recent cases on gross misconduct/lodging multiple and vexatious grievances, if a “franchisee” delivery driver with rights of...more
Our January update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on post-termination restrictions, interim relief for discrimination and victimisation claims, and the right to respect private life. We also...more
After a recent decision by the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal, councils and similar institutions across the United Kingdom may want to reassess the terms of their agreements with individuals providing services, and...more
No handbrake turns – holiday pay included voluntary overtime pay - The Court of Appeal confirmed the EAT decision in East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers that holiday pay has to include voluntary overtime...more
Do Disciplinary Proceedings Have to Wait Until a Criminal Investigation Is Completed? In North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust v Gregg [2019] EWCA Civ 387, the Court of Appeal considered whether conducting disciplinary...more
Collective Redundancies: What Is an “Undertaking Controlling the Employer?” In Bichat v Aviation Passage Service Berlin GmbH & Co KG [2018] C-6117, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered the meaning of an...more
Informed choice – choosing English law relevant to jurisdiction - In The British Council v Jeffery and Green v SIG Trading Ltd the Court of Appeal confirmed that choosing English law to govern an employment contract is a...more
Did a Temporary Break in Activities Prevent the Transfer of an Undertaking? In Colino Sigüenza v Ayuntamiento de Valladolid (C-472/16), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered whether a five-month break in...more
A Year on: The Continued Rise of Employment Tribunal Claims - The U.K.’s Ministry of Justice has published its quarterly Employment Tribunal statistics for April to June 2018. These quarterly statistics are of particular...more
Weekly newsletter on employment matters. In this weeks issue: - Small steps – government response to the Taylor Review. - That hurts. Working time detriment could lead to injury to feelings award. - It's not...more
In Green v SIG Trading Ltd [2017] UKEAT 0282_16_2405 the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) examined the test for determining whether a U.K. Employment Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear statutory U.K. employment claims brought...more
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Kellogg Brown & Root (UK) Ltd v (1) Fitton UKEAT/0205/16 and (2) Ewer UKEAT/0206/16 considered whether two employees had been unfairly dismissed for redundancy when they refused to...more
Taxation of termination payments draft legislation published - At present, in certain circumstances the first £30,000 of a termination payment is exempt from income tax and national insurance ("NIC"). However, there have...more
A recent decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (Norman & Others v National Audit Office [2014] UKEAT 0276/14/1512) has emphasised the need for employers to ensure that “flexibility clauses” are drafted unambiguously and...more