Legal Q&A

Some facets of the government's response to the 800 job losses were ill-informed, a legal expert tells Personnel Today

Although plans to allow local authorities to extend Sunday trading hours were recently defeated in the House of Commons, the...

Sometimes an employee – or prospective employee – simply does not turn up for work or cannot be contacted. Natalie...

Daniel Isaac, a partner in the employment team at Withers, answers the key questions on which a claim for unfair...

Joanna Dodd, senior associate at Clarion, answers employers’ questions on the law relating to Sunday working.Can I make my employees...

Constructive dismissal claims regularly cross the desks of employment lawyers and it’s a rare claim that doesn’t allege that the...

The Government tightened its position on illegal working in 2008, increasing pressure on employers to check the immigration status of...

If an employee is awarded a far greater sum of money as part of an enhanced redundancy package than their younger...

The law surrounding constructive dismissal can often create headaches for employers. It can be difficult to know what constitutes a breach...

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill is currently making its way through Parliament. The Government is looking to use the...

October 2012 saw the introduction of automatic pensions enrolment. Arguably the biggest UK pension reform in recent years, it will...

Over recent decades, as the UK economy has shifted from manufacturing to service industries so the traditional workplace illnesses have...

In the recent case of Redfearn v the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK...

In a recent survey on employment trends in 2012, the CBI reported that the increased costs and complexity brought about...

It has been long accepted that the courts and the employment tribunals have concurrent jurisdiction to hear claims for breach...