Five things we learnt in employment law this week (19 May)
The EAT has refused to exercise its discretion to extend the 42 day time limit for lodging an appeal to the EAT after an appeal … Read More
The EAT has refused to exercise its discretion to extend the 42 day time limit for lodging an appeal to the EAT after an appeal … Read More
A job applicant with Asperger’s suffered indirect disability discrimination when the prospective employer refused to adjust the format of a multiple choice test in order to … Read More
The EAT has determined that if a second early conciliation certificate is issued, this has no impact on extending the limitation period for bringing a … Read More
An Employment Tribunal has held that an Excel Cycle courier is a worker. This was the second of four employment status cases in the Employment … Read More
When calculating the time limit for bringing a claim, no account should be taken of time when the claim was with ACAS for Early Conciliation … 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