The UK has eight permanent bank holidays per year: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Late Summer, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. But how much do you as an employer know about employment law  More...
23 May 2013 09:45

Kenny and others v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and others The claimants in this case are Ms Kenny and 13 other female civil servants employed to perform clerical duties for the Irish police force, the Garda. Between 2000 and 2005, t  More...
20 May 2013 15:52

A Christian telesales worker has told an employment tribunal that being required to lie to potential customers to make sales was against his beliefs. The tribunal heard how the claimant, who was employed at a telecommunications company, objected to b  More...
15 May 2013 12:43

The coalition Government has implemented a number of measures that have reduced individual employee rights. The qualifying service to bring an unfair dismissal claim has been increased from one year to two years. From this summer, claimants will al  More...
10 May 2013 08:52

Private companies that acquire staff from the public sector may still have to honour pre-existing collective agreements, writes Christopher Mordue. Are public-sector workers transferred to private-­sector contractors under TUPE still entitled to  More...
08 May 2013 00:01

A case involving the transfer of a council's agency staff has served as an important reminder to employers of their obligation to provide complete information to the workers' representatives during the consultation process, says solicitor Charles Wynn-E  More...
06 May 2013 00:01

Solicitor Catharine Cooksley explains how to make sure your company's secrets remain safe. All businesses, regardless of sector or size, will have key employees who are invaluable. Who are yours? Is it the dynamic salesperson with the great relations  More...
06 May 2013 00:01

Wednesday 8 May 2013, 2:00pm BST. The law recognises that redundancies will cause employees great distress and accordingly requires employers to give all staff affected by potential redundancies ample warning and an opportunity to be consulted. A f  More...
03 May 2013 14:04

An employment tribunal has found in favour of a city banker's claim that she was victimised when her employer dismissed her after having discovered that she was suing her previous employer for sex discrimination. Justin Govier from IBB Solicitors looks   More...
29 April 2013 13:01

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013, making it the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and opening the door for a number of employment law changes. The new Act will bring about key changes to employ  More...
26 April 2013 16:01

The decision by the House of Lords to approve the "shares-for-rights" clause in the Government's Growth and Infrastructure Bill has been criticised by employment law commentators, despite the inclusion of a number of concessions. The clause, which m  More...
25 April 2013 15:54

Finally, after twice rejecting the Government's legislation introducing the new employee-shareholder status, the House of Lords voted through the proposals on 24 April 2013. This new employment status could come into force, as intended by the Government  More...
25 April 2013 15:20

Constructive dismissal claims regularly cross the desks of employment lawyers and it's a rare claim that doesn't allege that the employer has acted in breach of the duty of mutual trust and confidence. Although claims will not always succeed, employers   More...
23 April 2013 16:35

Piper v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust The claimant was employed by the respondent as a lead chaplin. Disciplinary action was taken against him and the decision was taken to dismiss him for gross misconduct. He exercised his contractual rig  More...
23 April 2013 11:24

The House of Lords has voted for the second time to reject the Government's "shares-for-rights" proposal, only weeks after it previously voted to remove it from a Government Bill . The proposal was included as a clause in the Growth and I  More...
23 April 2013 11:24

The House of Commons has voted to reinstate the Government's controversial "rights for shares" proposal into the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, less than one month after it was rejected by the House of Lords. Today's vote was criticised by the  More...
16 April 2013 17:04

Employment minister Jo Swinson has referred 100 employers accused of flouting national minimum wage legislation - by hiring "free interns" - to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Campaign group Intern Aware, which described unpaid internships as   More...
15 April 2013 12:22

The Apprentice winner Stella English has lost her high-profile unfair dismissal case against Lord Sugar's Amshold Group. The 2010 winner of the BBC show had claimed unfair constructive dismissal against Amshold, telling the tribunal she was treate  More...
12 April 2013 15:54

Council pays employee more than £500,000 following false theft allegation A former council employee has been awarded a settlement of more than half...  More...
12 April 2013 12:00

Hill v Governing Body of Great Tey Primary School A school assistant in a state primary school was found to be in breach of the school's confidentiality policy. She was suspended pending an investigation after she informed a parent that her child h  More...
10 April 2013 13:07