A third of businesses expect the four-day week to become a reality in the next ten years, new research shows
New CIPD research shows that a third of respondent organisations (34%) think the four-day week will become a reality in the UK for most workers within the next ten years. However, only a small minority ...
November 25, 2022
Polish private jet company worker loses race discrimination claim after being called ‘gypsy’
In the case of Mr L Kabzinski v Vistajet International Limited a Polish private jet company worker has lost a race discrimination claim after a colleague told him 'you're fired - there's no gipsy work ...
November 23, 2022
Pharmacy assistant gets £10k payout after unfair dismissal
In Miss M Yule v Health Hut Professionals Limited an employment tribunal has ruled that a pharmacy assistant is entitled to £9,867 from her former employer after it found she had been unfairly dismissed. The award ...
November 24, 2022
MPs support the employment relations (flexible working bill)
Currently, under Part VIIIA of the Employment Rights Act 1996, employees with at least 26 weeks’ continuous service have the right to request a change to their working hours, times or location and have that ...
November 21, 2022
Football mania - managing employment issues during the World Cup
The World Cup has begun and could present some challenges for employers to navigate but could also be an opportunity for employee engagement. Many employees will be following the tournament and employers will need to ...
November 21, 2022
The moral impact of ignoring applicable employment laws
If money can buy you out of having to observe employment law, does the moral compass of your funders become the real source of justice? The US and UK legal systems are very different, but ...
November 17, 2022
Supreme Court rules on the calculation of holiday pay
The Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) defines a ‘week’s pay’ as the worker’s average weekly renumeration in the period of 52 weeks ending on the last day of a week on which the calculation is ...
August 14, 2022
Driving examiner wins unfair dismissal claim after driving student home after failing test
In the case of Mr H Wilkinson v Driver And Vehicle Standards Agency Mr Wilkinson is a former police traffic officer. Following his retiral from the police service, he obtained employment as a driving examiner. One ...
March 14, 2022
ICO outlines its new employee monitoring guidance
The ICO has issued draft guidance on monitoring at work, which aims to provide greater regulatory certainty and protect the data protection rights of employees and workers. Once approved, this will replace the guidance set ...
October 25, 2022
Bank worker wins £22,000 compensation for unfair dismissal after being called by boss while off sick and told to remove cake pictures posted on FaceBook
In Ms V Lindsay v Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) a bank worker has been awarded £22,000 after her boss rang her while she was off sick to ask her not to post pictures of ...
November 9, 2022