Case law

Worker status case to be tested again following Central Arbitration Committee's 2017 decision not to recognise riders' claim for collective bargaining.

A man who worked for a curry supplier has won a race discrimination claim after being told he did not...

Now that the UK and the EU have agreed on the position of the UK post-Brexit, HR is left wondering...

Tesco has been ordered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal to disclose information it holds about how much its warehouse staff...

A young, mainly female team influenced a hiring decision concerning a 50-year-old man, leading to his successful claim for age and sex discrimination.

Stephen Simpson looks at five important employment law cases that will grab the headlines in 2021, covering significant issues such...

A banker working for Societe Generale was unfairly dismissed after he failed to return after a three-year sabbatical.
The employee,...

A 59-year-old woman has won a £64,000 pay-out after she was dismissed, with the judge declaring that ageism is worse for women than men.

Food delivery company Just Eat has announced it will offer couriers pay by the hour rather than per job in...

The government has failed to implement important EU health and safety protections for workers into UK law, a judicial review...

A group of couriers for delivery firm Stuart have launched legal action against the company in a bid to be...

Youth warnings, reprimands and cautions will no longer be automatically disclosed to employers who require Disclosure and Barring Service.

Workers taking lawful industrial action continue to have the right to picket their workplace during Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, following a legal challenge by Unite.

Jessica Maguire examines a recent white paper and outlines how the government is proposing to change rehabilitation periods and when...

In the first legal challenge of its kind, former Uber drivers in the UK and Portugal are suing the taxi-hailing...