Varying employment contracts without employee consent
From time to time, employers may have legitimate reasons to want to alter employees’ contracts. Amy Jones, Employment Law specialist looks…
Employment
National Minimum Wage: Government releases list of 33 businesses that have breached the law.
Following last week's recommendations from the TUC regarding stronger sanctions for employers not paying the national minimum wage, the…
TUC believes Government should do more to enforce sanctions for employers not paying the national minimum wage
The union made recommendations in a report published yesterday on its website. Responding to this, Noele McClelland, Partner in the…
Social Media; The damage 140 characters can do continues to be highlighted
Social media and its alleged ills have again been in the news. Whether it is offensive comments relating to tragedies, critically ill…
2015 Brave New World?
As we begin 2015 the media is full of their annual retrospectives and crystal ball gazing for the year ahead, and employment lawyers are no…
New Regulations Limiting Holiday Pay Claims
An employment law specialist has said the Government's plan to introduce new legislation surrounding underpaid holiday pay will be welcomed…
Obesity can be a disability, EU court rules
Noele McClelland, Partner and Head of Employment Law comments on today's EU Court ruling that Obesity can be a disability.
Obesity is a…
Holiday and Overtime claims
Unite will not be appealing the decision in Bear Scotland v Fulton
It has been reported in Workplace Savings and Benefits that Unite will…
Holiday Pay Judgement
Following a ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), which states overtime should be included in holiday pay, Noele McClelland, Head…
Holiday Pay Ruling - The Key Points
Employment Appeal Judgment rules in favour of significant change to how “holiday pay” is calculated, but limits past claims considerably…
Changes coming to employment law
On 1 October 2014 a number of employment law changes will come into force.
National Minimum Wage Increase
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Flexible working extended to all
Prime Minister, David Cameron, recently commented that grandparents who look after their grandchildren could be given parental rights to…
Potential Impact of Obesity case on the Oil & Gas Industry
One of our blogs last month highlighted and commented upon a recent case on obesity being considered by the European Court of…
Is Obesity A Disability?
Amy Jones from Thorntons Employment Law team considers the latest case on obesity and how it may impact on employers and employees.…
Organisation Reshuffles
The news has been dominated this week by the Prime Minister's reshuffle of the UK Cabinet. The whole process occurred quickly and as…
Series of changes announced to Employment Law
Yesterday was a relatively busy day for announcements regarding proposed changes to employment law. We have had the recommendations from an…
Employers face implications as holiday pay comes under spotlight
The European Court of Justice has issued its judgement in a case concerning how holiday pay should be calculated and how commission…
Unpaid Internships
Whilst internships have always been common in particular sectors, such as fashion, beauty and journalism, one of the effects of the…
Tattoos in the Workplace
Sri Lankan authorities recently caused world-wide controversy as they deported a British tourist for having a Buddah tattoo on her arm - "…
Zero hours, not zero controversy
The use and fairness of zero hours' contracts has been an issue that has attracted much media attention. Recent figures from the Office of…
Important Changes to Employment Law
April sees a number of changes to Employment Law.
Mandatory pre-claim Acas conciliation
From 6 May 2014 all claimants must submit a…