The Picture Becomes Clearer around Holidays, Sick Leave and Carry forward
The issue of employees being able to carry over holidays when they have been unable to take them due to being on long term sickness has…
Employment
Uniform Policies and Indirect Discrimination
Does your business have a uniform policy, and if so does it accommodate a person's religious beliefs?
The extent to which an employer may…
Is Travelling Time Working Time?
Does the time that peripatetic workers (i.e. workers who are not assigned to a fixed or habitual place of work) spend travelling from home…
When is a disclosure in the public interest?
Whistleblowing remains a high profile topic and with the need for two years' service before an employee can raise an unfair dismissal case,…
Whistleblowing what is it and what does it mean for employers?
Our recent mock tribunal centred on whether an employee had "blown the whistle" by making a qualifying disclosure. What exactly is a…
Zero Hours Contract: A key manifesto battleground in the 2015 General Election
One of the battlegrounds for the forthcoming General Election focuses on the use of zero hours contracts. Are they the scourge of society…
The 1D effect and Compassionate Leave for Employees
The Independent reported last week that employees have been requesting compassionate leave to cope with the news Zayn Malik has left One…
Employment Tribunal Limits to change.
With effect from 6 April 2015 the award limits for Employment Tribunals will increase.
Every year, the UK Government revises the key…
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…
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…