This week we cover certain selected areas of the Employment Rights Bill, published on 10 October 2024. It is Labour’s flagship employment legislation....more
Our February update includes a case on the issue of whether job applicants can bring whistleblowing claims, and a case on who pays what compensation to a successful claimant. We also feature a news round-up looking at what...more
2/28/2024
/ Appeals Tribunals ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Rights Act ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants ,
Joint and Several Liability ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Guidance ,
Political Parties ,
UK ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers
Our October update includes a significant Supreme Court decision on how to treat historic underpayments of holiday pay, a preliminary tribunal hearing on whether a belief in race equality that opposed critical race theory was...more
10/31/2023
/ Blacklist ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Rights Act ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
UK GDPR ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Underpayment ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Wage and Hour
Our August update includes cases on the (discriminatory) harassment of a gender critical employee, a case in which a dismissing officer was not present at a dismissal meeting, and a case where a tribunal reached the unusual...more
8/29/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Confidential Information ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Dismissals ,
Drivers ,
Employee Definition ,
Gender Identity ,
Harassment ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Labor Code ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Shareholders ,
Taxi Cabs ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal
Our July update includes cases on the dismissal of a devout Christian dismissed for gross misconduct for social media criticism of pro-LGBTQ+ teaching at schools, allowances that tribunals should make to litigants in person...more
7/28/2023
/ Age Discrimination ,
Anti-Nepotism Laws ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Harassment ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Human Rights ,
LGBTQ ,
Pending Legislation ,
Public Schools ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Social Networks ,
Termination ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unconscious Bias ,
Unfair Dismissal
Our June update includes cases on whether an employer notified of an employee’s pregnancy just before termination is liable for a pregnancy dismissal, whether an employer’s future discovery of a disability makes it...more
6/27/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Furloughs ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Performance Reviews ,
Popular ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Sick Leave ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Safety
Our March update includes new cases on whether a “without prejudice” letter attaching a settlement agreement and referring to a termination by mutual agreement can be an effective dismissal letter, the role of written...more
3/23/2023
/ Contract Terms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Maternity Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Redundancy Payments ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Work Schedules
Our January update includes new cases on “without prejudice” conversations on termination of employment, the difficulties of applying 100% “Polkey” reductions in unfair dismissal awards, and issues of employers introducing...more
1/19/2023
/ Bereavement Leave ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Medical Leave ,
Paid Leave ,
Parental Leave ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Privileged Communication ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Without Prejudice Privilege ,
Work Schedules
Our September update includes new case law on the controversial area of gender-critical/trans beliefs, a far-reaching anonymity order made by the EAT, dismissals for political beliefs/activities and a news roundup on ACAS...more
9/13/2022
/ Anonymity ,
Conciliation ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Political Affiliation ,
Political Candidates ,
Political Speech ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal
Our July update includes new case law on Long covid being held to be a disability, challenging the privileged status of “without prejudice” correspondence, and an unfair dismissal case in which a Tribunal made an overall...more