Employment Rights Newsletter

January 2018 prt 1 / prt 2 – rest time and the working time regulations

February 2018 – disclosure of evidence and contract against a third party

March 2018 – Employment Tribunal statistics

April 2018 – variations to employee’s contracts and changes to the Vento bands

May 2018 – New dress code and sex discrimination guidance released

June 2018 – illegally obtained information in the context of trade union activities and comparators in equal pay claims

July 2018 – appeals against dismissal or disciplinary sanctions

August 2018 – qualifying periods for unfair dismissal, and the question of legal advice privilege in discrimination cases

October 2018 – banter or harassment?

November 2018 – employment status/gig economy cases

December 2018 – ET awards for dismissals that are procedurally unfair

January 2017 – dismissals and mobility clauses
February 2017 – statutory collective bargaining
March 2017
April 2017
May 2017
June 2017 – holiday pay and the latest caselaw
July 2017 – Taylor Review – modern working practices
August 2017
September 2017 – changes to employee’s contracts and Vento Bands
October 2017 – European Court of Justice decisions relating to the protection afforded to women from unfavourable treatment
December 2017 – trade union inducements and ET statistics for Q3

January 2016 – penalty clauses in Settlement Agreements and taxation of injury to feelings awards.
February 2016 – age discrimination and holiday pay
March 2016 – pregnancy and maternity discrimination and whistleblowing
April/May 2016 – time limits and re-engagement orders
June 2016 – court & tribunal fees and protected conversations
July 2016 – ill-treatment of vulnerable migrant workers
August 2016 – influence of third parties in disciplinary procedures
September 2016 -disabled employees and pay protection and the scope of an ACAS EC certificate
October 2016 – judicial assessment procedure
November 2016 – final warnings and paid holidays
December 2016 – whistleblowing

January 2015 – wages claims
February 2015 – age discrimination claims
Manifesto – Special Edition
April 2015 – whistleblowing
May/June 2015 – collective redundancies and ACAS early conciliation
June 2015 – discrimination
July 2015 – holiday pay
August 2015 – Trade Union Bill
September 2015 – significant case that clarifies HR’s role in disciplinary situations and also some news on breaking employment law developments.
October 2015 – caste discrimination, travelling time for mobile workers and TUPE
December 2015 – religious beliefs, ET rules and early conciliation, inconsistent treatment of employees
December 2015 part 2 – reasonable adjustments

February 2014 – Employment Tribunal fees, collective redundancy rights and the burden of proof in discrimination claims
March 2014 – Indisputable evidence that Employment Tribunal Fees bar access to justice
April 2014 – secondary industrial action, calculating Protective Awards, TUPE and financial penalties for employers.
May 2014 – judicial review on unfair dismissal cap dismissed and constructive dismissal and affirmation of the contract.
June 2014 – flexible working regime
July 2014 – dismissal based on a “live” disciplinary warning and restrictive covenants
August 2014 – trade union detriment cases
September 2014 – recent changes in Employment Law and Employment Tribunal’s claims in pension loss
October 2014 – new remedy in equal pay litigation and Judgment from the Employment Appeal Tribunal regarding the use of personal emails in the workplace.
November 2014 – Early Conciliation statistics and time limits
December 2014 – cases on obesity as a disability and knowledge of detriment in whistle blowing cases

January 2013 – collectively agreed terms, time limits and Tribunal changes.
February 2013 – does UK Trade Union recognition law comply with Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights? Are transferee employers bound by collective negotiations taking place with the transferor after the date of transfer?
March 2013 – Disability discrimination and redundancy
April 2013 – Recent tribunal guidance for fees
May 2013 – Protective Awards – ET orders for failure to consult in collective redundancy/TUPE cases.
June 2013 – Important new case on protective awards for failure to consult in a collective redundancy situation, and news of the latest Employment Law Reforms
July 2013 – Employment law and Employment Tribunal changes coming up on 29 July 2013
August 2013 – Employee shareholders and recent holiday pay cases
October 2013 – The principal reason for resignation – Wright v North Ayrshire Council [2013] UKEAT
November 2013 – TUPE Changes

September 2012 – union Blacklisting and TUPE unfair dismissal case.
October 2012 – holiday pay, injury to feelings, the territorial scope of Union recognition and good news about appointments at our firm.
November 2012 – report into gender balance and definition of ‘disability’.
December 2012 – trade union blacklisting, discrimination time limits, annual increase in compensation limits

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