December Bulletin
- Welcome
- Where a partnership provides services to a business
- Changes to be made to TUPE consultation requirements
- Government publishes new laws on holiday pay
- Government announces new minimum wage rates
- Indirect discrimination by association
- Doctor who settled whistleblowing claim
- A reminder of the importance of early consultation
November Bulletin
- Welcome
- Guidance on the use of anonymised statements
- Dismissal occurs when it is communicated
- The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill receives Royal Assent
- When will the chain of causation be broken
- Context is key
- Introduction of variable working pattern
- Three ways discrimination can occur
October Bulletin
- Retained EU Law Bill becomes law
- Holiday pay claims no longer restricted
- Employment Appeal Tribunal gives guidance
- Increase in civil penalties for employers
- AI to take minor judicial decisions in the future
- The right to participate in a share incentive plan
- Tribunal was wrong to rely on its own ideas
- NHS Trust was wrong to refuse to make a redundancy payment
September 2023 Bulletin
- Recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case
- Legislation allowing agency workers to cover for striking workers
- Establishing a protected disclosure in whistleblowing claims
- Dual employment
- Ofsted inspector was unfairly dismissed
- Maya Forstater awarded over £100,000
- Arts Council England found guilty of harassment
- RAF guilty of positive discrimination
July 2023 Bulletin
- Employment status and substitution clauses
- Religion and belief discrimination
- Automatic unfair dismissal – a day 1 risk
- Neonatal Leave and Protection
- National Minimum Wage
- A ‘relevant agreement’ on holiday
- Harassment claims
- Interim relief
June 2023 Bulletin
- Should terms of employment be ignored when looking at employment status?
- EU Law to remain on statute books
- Different causation tests apply to unfair dismissal and discrimination
- Departmental mergers – an obvious redundancy situation?
- What should happen where an employer refuses a tribunal order?
- Challenging validity of Employment tribunal proceedings due to ACAS certificate
- National Minimum Wage and deductions
May 2023 Bulletin
- Brexit Changes to Employment Law
- Statutory Redundancy Pay
- Claims for Unlawful Deductions
- Primary Claim Fails
- 3rd Party Harassment – Under Threat?
- The New Proposed Positive Duty
- National Minimum Wage
April 2023 Bulletin
- Rate increases
- Communicating dismissal in ‘without prejudice’ correspondence
- How to judge whether misconduct ‘arises from a disability’
- Is there really a risk that TUPE might be sailing off into the ‘sunset’?
- A sensible limit on implied terms
- Less favourable treatment of part-time workers
- Mitigation of Loss in Unfair Dismissal cases
March 2023 Bulletin
- Extra Day Off for the King’s Coronation?
- Menopause
- Employees Behaving Badly (in employment tribunals)
- Managing a Remote Team: Top Tips for Employers
- Toilet Trouble
- Consultation on Fire and Rehire
- Employment Tribunal Delays
February 2023 Bulletin
- Double jeopardy and unfair dismissal
- Marriage discrimination
- Privacy – WhatsApp messages in tribunal
- Disability discrimination
- Knowledge of disability
- Consultation on holiday entitlement for part-year/irregular hours workers
- Compensation – discrimination