Essential employment law news and guidance including the latest case law, legal commentary and new employment legislation for employers and HR professionals.
Emergency Volunteer Leave: what HR needs to know
Announced in the Coronavirus Bill last month, the government intends to introduce a temporary right to statutory emergency volunteering leave...
The lasting effects of coronavirus on HR and business
The Covid-19 crisis will change how we work in future. Gartner’s Brian Kropp looks at the impact of the pandemic...
Furlough: HMRC clarifies TUPE rules and warns against fraud
Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 can receive 80% of their wages while...
Passport Office moots return to work as ‘we can’t hide forever’
HM Passport Office staff may soon be urged to return to work in their offices by the government, to the...
Commentary
Settlement agreements: Paying employees’ legal bills
The amount that an employer should pay towards a departing employee’s legal fees for taking advice on a settlement agreement...
Supreme Court hears final Barclays appeal in sexual harassment case
Supreme Court hears final appeal in significant vicarious liability case with a verdict expected in February.
Why employers need to understand associative discrimination
There is ambiguity over whether claims of associative discrimination can succeed under the Equality Act 2010 but EU law offers some encouragement to...
Discrimination
Liz Earle Beauty Company adopted discriminatory redundancy process for pregnant worker
The Liz Earle Beauty Company must pay a former employee more than £17,000 for pregnancy and maternity discrimination, after it...
Injury to feelings: how the employment tribunal awarded £400k
A former Department for Work and Pensions employee recently received almost £400,000 in compensation following age and race discrimination
Virgin Atlantic pilot’s unfair dismissal claim reinstated
A Virgin Atlantic pilot rumoured to have slept during a flight is claiming unfair dismissal against his employer after failing flight simulation tests.
Redundancy
Liz Earle Beauty Company adopted discriminatory redundancy process for pregnant worker
The Liz Earle Beauty Company must pay a former employee more than £17,000 for pregnancy and maternity discrimination, after it...
Furlough: employers may re-employ staff who left after 28 February
Employers can re-employ people who were made redundant or left their organisations after 28 February 2020 and make a claim...
Mirror and Express owner to furlough 1,000 employees
Publishing industry begins to furlough staff in response to advertising collapse.
Tupe
Furlough: HMRC clarifies TUPE rules and warns against fraud
Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 can receive 80% of their wages while...
Top 10 HR questions February 2020: Coronavirus and right-to-work checks
How to respond to the risk of the spread of coronavirus is the subject of February’s most popular FAQs.
Employers...
Six employment law cases that will shape 2020
We look at six important employment law cases that will get the headlines in 2020, covering significant issues such as...
Maternity & Paternity
Liz Earle Beauty Company adopted discriminatory redundancy process for pregnant worker
The Liz Earle Beauty Company must pay a former employee more than £17,000 for pregnancy and maternity discrimination, after it...
April 2020 employment law changes: eight tasks for HR
Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....
Personnel Today Awards 2020 open for entries
Entries have opened for the 2020 Personnel Today Awards, recognising the HR professionals, teams and suppliers that have delivered outstanding...
