A cycle courier working for the delivery firm CitySprint Ltd (CS Ltd) has won the right to paid holidays and the National Minimum Wage in a key ruling on the gig economy.
| Published: 17 January 2017
In Stratford v Auto Trail VR Ltd, Stratford (S) had a poor disciplinary record. The last 2 items in the list of 17 prior offences were a nine-month disciplinary warning for failing to make contact while off sick and a three-month warning for using company machinery for personal purposes. Both of those warnings had expired by the time of the events that led to S’s 18th offence and his dismissal.
| Published: 16 January 2017
A jury has awarded $250,000 in compensation to a former employee of Costco who was harassed and stalked by a ... View Article
| Published: 12 January 2017
New research by Macmillan Cancer Support and YouGov reveals that an estimated 20,000 of those who are diagnosed with cancer ... View Article
| Published: 11 January 2017
The TUC have launched an online survey to expose the everyday reality of racism faced by many Black workers after ... View Article
| Published: 10 January 2017
An ET has awarded a female therapist £18,000 for unfair dismissal and sex discrimination after she lost her job because ... View Article
| Published: 9 January 2017
French workers in organisations with more than 50 workers now have the ‘right to disconnect’ from technology out of hours ... View Article
| Published: 1 January 2017
