On the 24th June, the UK voted to leave the EU causing chaos in the markets and the value of the pound to fall. Since then there has been a change in Prime Minister and a very hefty Cabinet reshuffle. While it is not yet...
Image: Flickr Commons, National Library of Wales ‘Butlins Holiday Camp in Pwllheli’ July 1961 Assessing the right make-up of the redundancy pool is a positive step in carrying out a fair redundancy exercise. To help you avoid tripping up at an early stage, we’ve blown away...
As this debate moves along, we thought it worth highlighting a few points about the possible impact an exit might have on Employment Law in the UK. The influence of EU law is wide reaching - so much so that it is easier to look...
A new worker wants to work for you as an independent contractor and not an employee and you have agreed. Everyone is happy and it means that you'll avoid all the employment rights - doesn't it? Not always. Unfortunately the labels or intentions of the people...
At the beginning of October the Chancellor announced that shared parental leave and pay will be extended to working grandparents. The planned changes will increase flexibility and choice in parental leave arrangements and support working parents with the costs of childcare during the first year of...
Last week The European Court of Justice re-wrote the rules on what can be constituted as work, specifically for those whose work has no fixed address and involves travelling to different appointments. As a result, the time spent travelling to first and last appointments should...
Two recent employment tribunals highlight for employers the importance of having a clear, detailed and unambiguous policy on mobile phone use. 1. Employee Successful in Tribunal In the case of Whitehead v FirstGroup Holdings Ltd an employee of a bus company was reported by a colleague for...
Image via Flickr Commons: Catholic Trailer, Church on Wheels – Adolpho B Rice Studio 1955 A recent employment tribunal has held that an unsuccessful job applicant was subject to indirect discrimination by the employer’s requirement that she works on a Saturday when her religion prohibited Saturday...
The failure to provide goods or services to an individual on grounds of their sexual orientation or political opinion is against the law. That was the decision of the County Court for Northern Ireland when it found two directors of a bakery guilty of discrimination...
If any person in your organisation is – or claims to be – discriminated against or bullied because of their sexual orientation, it is important that you are fully aware of the law in relation to your responsibilities. The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 (now...
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