An ET decides that a philosophical belief in English nationalism was not a protected characteristic because elements of it which were anti-Islam were incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
| Published: 1 November 2017
The Court of Appeal hold that getting an employee dismissed for making protected disclosures by deceiving the dismissing officer into believing she was a poor performer, did not amount to dismissal for whistleblowing.
| Published: 31 October 2017
The results from the ONS May 2017 survey of businesses indicated that there were 1.4 million zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) in ... View Article
| Published: 26 October 2017
The Cabinet Office have published a report providing a summary of the main findings from the first release of data from the Race Disparity Audit and have set up an ethnicity facts and figures service website.
| Published: 25 October 2017
An ET awards £10,000 for injury to feelings after upholding an employee’s claims of sexual harassment having found that a manager had made unwanted comments about her breasts and her bottom.
| Published: 24 October 2017
A Bill has been introduced into Parliament giving a day-one right to 2 weeks’ parental bereavement leave following the death of a child aged under 18, plus bereavement pay for those with 26 weeks’ service.
| Published: 23 October 2017
With the first gender pay gap reporting figures, including bonuses, having to be reported by 4 April 2018, latest ONS statistics show the value of all bonuses paid in Great Britain in 2016/7 was a record £46.4 billion.
| Published: 19 October 2017
The Government intends to introduce legislation to require all companies of significant size (private and public) to ‘explain’ how their directors have had regard to employee and other non-shareholder interests.
| Published: 18 October 2017
New data obtained by accountancy firm RSM under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed that businesses reported more than £40m in losses from corporate employee fraud last year.
| Published: 17 October 2017
The EAT holds that an ET’s decision that a dismissal for gross misconduct was procedurally unfair because the investigation was too thorough was irrational and perverse.
| Published: 16 October 2017
