Case law

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in...

The UK High Court has refused transport business Uber’s application to declare its gig-economy business model lawful following the Supreme...

A union has lost its High Court challenge against Boris Johnson’s decision to back the home secretary after she was...

Employment tribunals have been deciding coronavirus-related cases throughout 2021. We set out 10 key first-instance rulings related to the pandemic from which employers can learn lessons.

It can be discriminatory to require an employee to retire when they reach a certain age, unless a retirement policy...

Last month, the Supreme Court delivered a ground-breaking ruling in the case of Kostal v Dunkley and others. Richard Arthur...

Jo Broadbent and Stefan Martin consider a recent case that involved a courier who could choose to release work to others.

Whilst employment tribunal decisions are not binding on other employment tribunals, it is worth noting the reasoning followed by the...

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A British Asian man who conformed with a sales team culture described as ‘laddish’,...

Retail giant Next has conceded that its store workers can compare their roles to that of their colleagues in distribution centres and warehouses in terms of pay.

Royal Mail v Efobi case reinstates an important facet of the burden of proof in race discrimination cases.

Having a diverse and inclusive workplace is important not only ethically but also for improving employee morale, boosting innovation and...

Last week, the European Court of Justice ruled that employers in EU countries could ban staff from wearing religious symbols...

The ban was justified, said the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, by an employer's need to present a neutral image.

Should an employee's unsavoury or offensive opinion always lead to dismissal? Beverley Sunderland looks at examples from case law.