Employment Law

With an in-out EU referendum set to take place on 23 June 2016, we consider some of the possible areas for change in UK employment law. It may be that for those voting “out” the point is not what may change but simply that… Read More

The Government has released the latest list of 92 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage to the tune of £1,873,712.   The list covers many different kinds of businesses but noticeable is the… Read More

Although employees do not have a right to take time off for jury service, they are protected from being dismissed or subjected to a detriment as a result of that jury service (which is almost but not really the same thing). An… Read More

When being made redundant, employees with 2 years’ continuous service are entitled to a Statutory Redundancy Payment.  The amount paid will depend on their age, length of service (capped at 20 years’ service) and weekly pay (capped… Read More

The coffee chain Starbucks made headline news this month for being on the wrong side of an interesting disability discrimination decision in the Employment Tribunal. Employee Meseret Kumulchew suffers from dyslexia and has trouble… Read More

For a conduct dismissal to be fair an employer must (at the time of dismissal): Believe the employee to be guilty of misconduct;Have reasonable grounds for believing the employee was guilty of that misconduct;Have carried out as much… Read More

How to recover money owed when your employer is insolvent

Improper use of email and the internet by employees can lead to issues ranging from job performance problems, damage to business reputation, loss of business and all manner of other offences. It is only natural that employers will want to… Read More

This week the BBC reported that Whitbread, the owners of The Premier Inn and Costa Coffee (amongst other things), may increase some prices to counter the cost of the National Living Wage (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34177370).… Read More

In an interesting development for those who have no fixed or regular place of work, the European Court of Justice recently ruled that the time spent travelling between their home and the premises of their first and last customers of the… Read More

Previously free, in July 2013 Employment Tribunal fees were introduced for those wishing to issue a claim. Claims are divided into: A Unlawful deductions, Statutory Redundancy Payments and breach of contract Issue fee of… Read More

A recent decision in the European Court of Justice (CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria C-83/14, 16 July 2015) is going to have an important impact on how employers view indirect discrimination as a claim may now be brought by someone who does not… Read More