Case law

We round up seven significant employment law decisions expected in 2017, with cases pending on employment status, equal pay, whistleblowing,...

A European Court of Justice (ECJ) case challenged the legality of Spanish legislation that permits the renewal of fixed-term contracts...

In the recent case of ALNO (UK) Ltd v Turner the Employment Appeal Tribunal stressed the need to apply the...

The duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled workers requires employers to consider what is “reasonable”. But how can employers...

What were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2016? Stephen Simpson counts down the 10 most important judgments...

An employment tribunal held that an employee was fairly dismissed after failing to produce evidence of his right to work...

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has confirmed that new employment tribunal decisions will be made publicly available online from...

An employment tribunal held that a food company employee was fairly dismissed after she refused to do overtime in the...

Zoe Lomax examines an EAT decision on the level of compensation for injury to feelings dictated by the three Vento bands.

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has upheld a decision that Ashers bakery in County Antrim had directly discriminated...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed an appeal against an employment tribunal decision that a regional law firm was...

In two recent unsuccessful cases, employment tribunals accepted that there is no absolute obligation on employers to accept new mothers’...

Asda has lost an employment tribunal ruling in a case involving thousands of

An employment tribunal has held that an employer that rejected a job candidate for a marketing role for being overqualified...

Holiday pay must include compensation for any results-based commission that...