Five things we learnt in employment law this week (10 March)
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an Employment Tribunal was wrong to allow a claimant to amend their claim to introduce new claims while … Read More
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an Employment Tribunal was wrong to allow a claimant to amend their claim to introduce new claims while … Read More
The Supreme Court has refused British Gas permission to appeal in the case of Lock v British Gas. This means that the Court of Appeal decision, … Read More
The Equality and Human Rights Commissions has confirmed that it accepts the government’s view that a company’s failure to comply with the requirement to publish … Read More
The Court of Appeal has upheld the EAT’s decision in the latest gig economy case, finding that a ‘self-employed’ plumber was in fact a worker … Read More
Public sector exit payments have been capped at £95,000 with effect from 1 February 2017. 2. ACAS has published guidance for employers on the gender … Read More
The Court of Appeal has held that gross negligence can constitute gross misconduct. The case concerned a manager who became aware that another manager had … Read More
An Employment Tribunal has determined that transitional provisions attached to reforms of the judicial pension scheme had an age discriminatory effect, which could not be … Read More
The Government has set out a programme for reforming apprenticeships. This includes establishing an Institute for Apprenticeships, an independent body which will guarantee the integrity … Read More
According to CIPD just 5% of new fathers and 8% of new mothers have opted to take shared parental leave since it was introduced in … Read More
HMRC has published draft clauses for the Finance Bill 2017. These include changes to the taxation of termination payments, changes to salary sacrifice benefits and … Read More