This week the Government announced the new Trade Union Bill 2015, which will be highly controversial, including the biggest changes to industrial action law since the 1980s....
This week’s other big news on the employment front has been the Government’s launch of a consultation on legislation on gender pay gap reporting. This will close on 6 September 2015....
In relation to sickness and holiday leave, an issue which sometimes arises is whether an employee on sick leave has to demonstrate that he was unable by reason of illness to take holiday for it to be carried forward. Another question is whether there is an unlimited right to carry forward....
This week’s huge news is the announcement by the Chancellor of a new “National Living Wage” which will effectively replace the National Minimum Wage for workers over the age of 25....
If you have been one of the many commuters stuck this week because of the rail and tube strikes, you may be heartened to learn that in a recent case, the Court of Appeal took a robust approach on the issue of how much pay an employer can withhold from a salaried worker....
So, with the summer holiday season upon us, where are we now exactly on the issue of the calculation of holiday pay? Can employers move forward in implementing changes to how holiday pay is calculated in the knowledge that there is sufficient legal certainty on the issue?...
The EAT has upheld a decision of the Central Arbitration Committee that for the purposes of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (The ICE Regulations) an undertaking has to be a legal entity....
The government has confirmed that a consultation will be launched in the coming weeks, with a view to making regulations under section 78 of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) to implement gender pay gap reporting....
Back in February of this year, we reported on the highly controversial issue of whether there is an internationally recognised legal standard guaranteeing a right to strike....
The issue of what is meant by “establishment” for the purpose of collective redundancy consultation having been dealt with recently by the European Court of Justice, the next vexed issue on collective consultation is at what point in the employer’s decision making processes does the obligation to consult arise?...
A Northern Ireland appeal has been allowed on the decision in Patterson v Castlereagh NIIT/1793/13 after the employer’s legal representatives conceded that there is “nothing in principle” to prevent voluntary overtime being included in holiday pay....
How relevant is it to worker/employee status that the individual in question works exclusively in that role for a single employer?...
In Jakowlew v Saga Care, the client local authority issued an instruction to its contractor requiring it to remove the Claimant, a care worker, from the contract....
The government has announced a review of employment tribunal fees....
‘Vexatious, malicious and frivolous’ allegations of race discrimination can lead to fair dismissal....
If one employee voices her religious views, and this causes upset or offence to another employee, would it be discriminatory to dismiss?...
It is common for services to be contracted out to by a client a main contractor and then for that main contractor to then sub-contract some or all of the services to a sub-contractor....
Can an employer insist that an employee does not wear specific religious dress for work? When would this be religious discrimination?...
A woman who observes Shabbat (the Jewish day of rest from sundown on Friday to sunset on Saturday) has won a claim of indirect discrimination on the grounds of her religion after she was refused employment....
If employees take strike action their pay is withheld for the time that they do not work. How should the amount of pay which is withheld be calculated?...