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Five surprisingly good things about the Olympics

A lot has been written about the great work done by the organising staff, volunteers and, of course, the athletes themselves. They well deserve the praise that is coming their way, but I thought I’d write a short post praising, (…) Read the...

Published 13 Aug 2012 12:29 AM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: Off topic
New tribunal rules – the overriding objective and the “sift”

The draft new employment tribunal rules have now been published. These new rules have been prepared by an employment law “dream team”, chaired by the former President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, Mr Justice Underhill, working with the...

Published 16 Jul 2012 4:20 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, employment tribunals
New employment tribunal rules – the Underhill review

Last year, Mr Justice Underhill was commissioned to undertake a fundamental review of the employment tribunal rules of procedure. His report back to the government has been published today. The draft rules have not yet been made public [update: now (…...

Published 11 Jul 2012 11:54 AM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, employment tribunals
O’Brien v Ministry of Justice – part-time judges as workers

According to a press notice posted on the Supreme Court website today, the Supreme Court have followed the heavy hint given by the Court of Justice of the European Union and decided that a part-time judge can be a worker. This (…) Read the rest...

Published 9 Jul 2012 10:59 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, employment tribunals, part-time workers
Precedent in the employment tribunal

One of the first things that any student of English law learns is the “doctrine of precedent“, which also applies in many other common law juridictions. At its most basic, this is the idea that junior courts are bound by (…) Read the...

Published 27 Jun 2012 9:46 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, employment tribunals
Employment tribunal claims by overseas employees – Simpson v Intralinks

In Simpson v Intralinks, the Employment Appeal Tribunal looked at the question of when an individual employed overseas can bring an employment tribunal claim against a UK-based employer. Lawson v Serco and, most recently, Ravat v Halliburton have considered...

Published 24 Jun 2012 7:18 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, discrimination, employment tribunals
Changes to collective redundancy consultation

The government has today announced plans to change the rules on collective redundancy consultation. In its response to the previous call for evidence, the government has issued a consultation document setting out proposals to cut the 90-day period for...

Published 21 Jun 2012 12:06 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law
Further thoughts on protected conversations

Following this morning’s post, I’ve been giving some more thought to how the new section 111A(5) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 might work. The proposed clause (read together with s111A(1)) is as follows: “(1) In determining any matter...

Published 20 Jun 2012 5:46 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, discrimination, unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, employment tribunals
Protected conversations and settlement agreements

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill was expected to be the vehicle for the government’s promised reform of compromise agreements. As originally presented to Parliament, the only element of the Bill that related to compromise agreements was...

Published 20 Jun 2012 8:12 AM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, employment tribunals, settlement agreements
Employment tribunals will have the power to order equal pay audits

The Home Office has been busy recently with consultations on the abolition of the Equality Act third party harassment provisions and the employment tribunal’s power to make wide recommendations and discrimination questionnaires. All of this left...

Published 14 Jun 2012 7:56 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, discrimination, Equality Act, employment tribunals, equal pay
Employment law cases in the Supreme Court – Trinity term 2012

The Supreme Court Trinity term starts today, and they have issued a provisional list of hearings for the term (pdf). Employment law cases listed for hearing are: 4 July – O’Brien v Ministry of Justice – the Supreme Court will (…...

Published 11 Jun 2012 10:41 AM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law
Re-engagement orders and judicial review

Orders for re-engagement – that is, a tribunal order that the individual’s former employer should take them back on as an employee – are rare. Even if a re-engagement order is made, there may be all kinds of reasons why (…) Read...

Published 31 May 2012 8:59 AM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, unfair dismissal, employment tribunals
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill – podcast

The latest Boyes Turner employment law podcast is on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. There’s a full blogpost on the bill here. Read More...

Published 28 May 2012 1:36 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, unfair dismissal, podcast
Taxation of controlling persons – IR35 part 2

It is proving to be a big week for employment law changes. On the same day as the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill was announced, HMRC started consultation on the taxation of “controlling persons”. Whilst not directly concerning employment...

Published 24 May 2012 1:55 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, hmrc, ir35, tax, taxation
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

The government have today published the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (press release here). Sections 7 – 17 and Schedule 2 are relevant to employment law. These are some initial observations from me: Sections 7 – 9, and schedule 2...

Published 23 May 2012 4:45 PM by Work/Life/Law

Filed under: employment law, unfair dismissal, employment tribunals

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Five surprisingly good things about the Olympics

New tribunal rules – the overriding objective and the “sift”

New employment tribunal rules – the Underhill review

O’Brien v Ministry of Justice – part-time judges as workers

Precedent in the employment tribunal

Employment tribunal claims by overseas employees – Simpson v Intralinks

Changes to collective redundancy consultation

Further thoughts on protected conversations

Protected conversations and settlement agreements

Employment tribunals will have the power to order equal pay audits

Employment law cases in the Supreme Court – Trinity term 2012

Re-engagement orders and judicial review

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill – podcast

Taxation of controlling persons – IR35 part 2

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill