Essential employment law news and guidance including the latest case law, legal commentary and new employment legislation for employers and HR professionals.
Springboard injunctions: Case law shows mixed success
Employers often use interim or “springboard” injunctions to protect confidential information after employees decide to leave. But they are not...
Vicarious liability: employers face big damages for employees’ actions
Vicarious liability, where employers may be liable to pay damages for an employee’s or others’ actions, can result in high...
Jobs market lags behind demand for flexible working
Employees’ desire for flexible working far exceeds companies’ capacity to offer it, a report published today has found.
According to...
TUPE abattoir case decision reinforces activity rules
The recent decision on Anglo Beef Processors UK v Longland is the latest TUPE case to confirm the rules on...
Commentary
Springboard injunctions: Case law shows mixed success
Employers often use interim or “springboard” injunctions to protect confidential information after employees decide to leave. But they are not...
Microchipping workers: What are the moral, practical and legal implications?
Three Square Market, a Wisconsin-based tech company, recently became one of the first in the world to microchip staff. David...
Shared parental pay: Is refusal to match enhanced maternity pay sex discrimination?
Darren Newman asks if an employment tribunal was correct to hold that it was...
Discrimination
Acas study urges higher take-up of flexible working
A report published today by Acas calls for more flexible working for parents returning to work after parental leave as...
Lammy review: Criminal records could be ‘sealed’ from employers
Individuals’ criminal records could be sealed from employers as part of a series of recommendations made in an independent review...
Female HR directors more likely to view workplace as sexist, reports charity
Almost half of female HR directors and decision-makers think their workplaces are sexist, compared with just a quarter of men...
Redundancy
Court victory expands collective consultation rights, claims Unison
A Court of Appeal decision “makes it much harder for employers to ignore staff when making major changes in the...
Employer insolvency: What lessons can be learned from Jaeger’s woes?
Jaeger’s problems are the latest warning for employers to know their duties to staff in cases of employer insolvency. Chris...
Redundancy pools: myth vs fact
Determining the correct composition of the redundancy pool is a step in the right direction to carrying out a fair...
Tupe
TUPE abattoir case decision reinforces activity rules
The recent decision on Anglo Beef Processors UK v Longland is the latest TUPE case to confirm the rules on...
Top 10 HR questions July 2017: Data subject access requests
Employers will have less time to respond to data subject access requests under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...
Repeal Bill: No immediate change for workers’ rights
EU-derived legislation such as the Working Time Directive, TUPE and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will continue to apply...
Maternity & Paternity
Acas study urges higher take-up of flexible working
A report published today by Acas calls for more flexible working for parents returning to work after parental leave as...
Women on maternity leave denied training opportunities
One quarter (24%) of women on maternity leave are not offered the same training opportunities as their colleagues, according to...
Pay gaps need to tackle ethnicity and disability as well as gender, urges EHRC
All jobs should be advertised as available for flexible working and fathers should receive ‘use it or lose it’ parental...
