New ‘protected settlement offers’ measures
The Government have inserted a new clause in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill to encourage greater use of settlement agreements
10 July 2012
Steps to identify strike ballot constituency were reasonable
S.227(1) of Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 states that “Entitlement to vote in the [industrial action] ballot must be accorded equally to all the members of the trade union who it is
27 June 2012
Dismissal was not because of being married
Mrs Hawkins was married to the chief executive of Atex and became employed by the company as its corporate marketing director.
27 June 2012
Holiday pay in lieu only applies to 4 weeks’ minimum
In Neidel v Stadt Frankfurt am Main the ECJ held that where national law provides workers with statutory annual leave in excess of the four weeks required
29 May 2012
Acas publishes guide on challenging conversations
Acas has published a guide on challenging conversations and how to handle them
29 May 2012
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill laid before Parliament
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill has received its First Reading in the House of Commons
29 May 2012
“Context is everything” in determining discrimination
In Warby v Wunda Group plc the EAT held that in deciding whether the words used in a discussion constitute
21 May 2012
Discrimination arose from lecturer’s disability
Williams v Ystrad Mynach College is a useful example of how tribunals are approaching the newly introduced concept of
21 May 2012
False accusations amounted to harassment
Jones v TGI Fridays UK Ltd and Zurybida is an interesting case as it shows a further form of prejudice that regrettably can take place in the workplace.
21 May 2012
UK agrees to Human Rights reform
UK Government has agreed to a number of reforms to the Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights
21 May 2012