Five things we learnt in employment law this week (8 March 2018)
Pregnant workers are not entitled to priority treatment in a collective redundancy exercise (Porras Guisado v Bankia SA, Court of Justice of the European Union). … Read More
Pregnant workers are not entitled to priority treatment in a collective redundancy exercise (Porras Guisado v Bankia SA, Court of Justice of the European Union). … Read More
1. Time spent by a firefighter on standby at home (close to work) is working time (CJEU, Ville de Nivelles v Matzak). 2. Children born … Read More
The High Court has ordered that a former employee must surrender his passport pending his compliance with an order to deliver up confidential information which … Read More
Whistleblowers can recover post-termination losses which flow from pre-termination detriments (Wilsons Solicitors LLP v Roberts, Court of Appeal). 2. A disciplinary process, which begins with … Read More
The CJEU has found that a Spanish law which permits dismissals for short term, intermittent sickness absence is indirect discriminatory, unless it can be objectively … Read More
In determining whether wages are “properly payable” in an unlawful deductions claim, tribunals can construe the meaning of contractual terms (Nexus v Anderson & Others, … Read More
The Court of Appeal has held that, if an employee is subjected to discriminatory demotion, he cannot simply refuse to work until the wrong is … Read More
A former employee of a property firm has won an unfair dismissal case after she was made redundant two months into her maternity leave and … Read More
A disclosure which is made out of pure self-interest is not protected (Parsons v Airplus International Limited, EAT). 2. The EAT has held that a … Read More
Uber’s application to “leapfrog” an appeal to the Supreme Court has been refused. 2. The European Court of Justice has held that the UK discriminated … Read More