Legal Q&A
Legal Q&A: Sunday working changes for shop workers
Although plans to allow local authorities to extend Sunday trading hours were recently defeated in the House of Commons, the...
Legal Q&A: Unauthorised absence
Sometimes an employee – or prospective employee – simply does not turn up for work or cannot be contacted. Natalie...
The qualification for a constructive dismissal claim
Daniel Isaac, a partner in the employment team at Withers, answers the key questions on which a claim for unfair...
Legal Q&A: Sunday working
Joanna Dodd, senior associate at Clarion, answers employers’ questions on the law relating to Sunday working.Can I make my employees...
Legal Q and A: The duty of mutual trust and confidence
Constructive dismissal claims regularly cross the desks of employment lawyers and it’s a rare claim that doesn’t allege that the...
Legal Q&A: Complying with the prevention of illegal working regime
The Government tightened its position on illegal working in 2008, increasing pressure on employers to check the immigration status of...
Legal Q&A: Justifying age discrimination
If an employee is awarded a far greater sum of money as part of an enhanced redundancy package than their younger...
Legal Q&A: Constructive dismissal
The law surrounding constructive dismissal can often create headaches for employers. It can be difficult to know what constitutes a breach...
Legal Q&A: The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill is currently making its way through Parliament. The Government is looking to use the...
Legal Q&A: Putting pensions auto-enrolment into practice
October 2012 saw the introduction of automatic pensions enrolment. Arguably the biggest UK pension reform in recent years, it will...
Legal Q&A: Dealing with employees with depression and addictions
Over recent decades, as the UK economy has shifted from manufacturing to service industries so the traditional workplace illnesses have...
Legal opinion: Can employees be dismissed for their political opinions?
In the recent case of Redfearn v the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK...
Legal Q&A: Are ‘zero-hours contracts’ an alternative to the use of agency workers?
In a recent survey on employment trends in 2012, the CBI reported that the increased costs and complexity brought about...
Legal Q&A: What does Birmingham City Council v Abdulla mean for equal pay claims?
It has been long accepted that the courts and the employment tribunals have concurrent jurisdiction to hear claims for breach...
Legal Q&A: Recording disciplinary and grievance meetings
There are circumstances when both employees and employers may want to record formal meetings, for example in the hope that...
