Clarkslegal recently acted for the selling shareholders of Sonar Equipment Services (Holding Company) Limited in a multi-million pound disposal of the Sonar Equipment Services Group, which specialises in the supply of Geophysical, Oceanographic, ROV and Hydrographic marine survey equipment....
Public sector workers are planning to go on strike tomorrow (30 November), in response to planned pension reforms. This is likely to have an impact on your staff, particularly those with children. What do you need to be aware of?...
National rules (such as those in Germany) limiting carry-over of statutory holiday by workers on long-term sick leave, after the end of the relevant leave year, are lawful under the European Working Time Directive...
The Birmingham Employment Tribunal is being asked to rule whether vicar Reverend Sharp is entitled to bring an unfair dismissal claim against the Diocese of Worcester. After moving to the idyllic rural parish of Teme Valley South in January 2005, Reverend Sharpe alleges that he was subjected to a campaign of ‘intimidation from toxic parishioners’ which led to him developing stress-re...
A controversial ruling by an employment tribunal has seen more than 1000 former employees of Ethel Austin miss out on redundancy pay...
The Government has announced today proposals for radical employment law reforms. Some of the key proposals include:...
As reported in our previous blog, Scottish worker, Mark Lynch, sued his former employer for racial discrimiation and constructive unfair dismissal following alleged taunts about his Scottish nationality, including "sweaty sock"....
Last week, the Government published its sickness absence review report...
The Court of Appeal in Dean &Dean v Dionissou-Moussaoui has ruled that a tribunal should not necessarily award costs where "scandalous and vexatious" claims are withdrawn or struck out at a PHR on jurisdictional grounds if the claims are contested and the evidence has not been tested....
In the case of City of Edinburgh v Wilkinson, the Court of Session has held that claimants in an equal pay claim, who were employed in a variety of posts within the Council, including: schools, hostels and libraries, could utilise comparators working for the Council in different locations and posts....
In Copple & others v Littlewoods Plc & others the employer`s pension scheme had historically been closed to part- time employees...
Scottish Slaughterman, Mark Lynch, is suing his former employers for racial discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal in the Employment Tribunal after bullying allegedly forced him to quit his job. Mr Lynch alleges that throughout his seven years employment he was subjected to variety of insults from colleagues regarding his nationality, including: calling him “Jock”, “S...
The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation in the UK fell slightly during October to 5%...
We mentioned in our article last week that the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced that he wanted employers to be able to ask older staff about their performance and retirement plans, without the threat of litigation, by being able to have protected conversations...
It was decided in JGE v English Province of Our Lady of Charity that the Catholic Church could be found to be vicariously liable for the actions of a priest....
The Equality Act 2010 (“EqA 2010”) prohibits discrimination in the workplace because of religion or belief. Guidance from case law states that a” belief” must: be a belief, not an opinion; be genuinely held; be a belief as to a weighty and substantial aspect of human life and behaviour; attain a certain level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance; an...
The UK came out top in a recent survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Arbitration on the cheapest place in Europe to hold an international arbitration....
General Mills (Berwick) Ltd v Glowacki (2011) The EAT has found that it was not unfair to dismiss an employee for breach of health & safety procedures, just because it treated another employee in a similar scenario differently. Mr Glowacki worked as an electrician for General Mills (Berwick) Ltd. When repairing a machine, he disabled certain sensors and entered the body of the ma...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held in In Fraser v Southwest London St George`s Mental Health Trust that an employee on long-term sick leave must request annual leave, during the year in question, in order to be paid for it....
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has made a Freedom of Information request for information on the number of employment tribunal claims relating to the right to request flexible working. Figures generated by the CIPD indicate that in 2010/2011, a total of 218,100 tribunal claims were accepted. From this on 277 claims alleged that their employers had failed to consider a...