March 2018 bulletin

  • Collective consultation
  • Annual changes to national minimum wage and tribunal awards
  • Changes to payments in lieu of notice on termination
  • Knowledge of disability
  • Equal treatment for agency workers
  • Working Time

February 2018 bulletin

  • Refusing to work in protest
  • Surveillance cameras at work
  • Renewal of fixed term contract
  • Detriment for blowing the whistle
  • Settlement discussions
  • New data protection regime

January 2018 bulletin

  • White lies – a false reason for dismissal
  • Whistleblowing
  • Right to work documents
  • Investigations
  • Weekly rest period
  • Criminal conviction for failure to give pension

December 2017 bulletin

  • The lead-up to maternity leave
  • During maternity leave
  • Holiday accrual
  • Company car
  • When the employee returns to work

November 2017 bulletin

  • Whistleblowing
  • Voluntary redundancy
  • Trade Union Discrimination
  • Race Discrimination
  • Indirect sex discrimination

October 2017 bulletin

  • Monitoring communications
  • Half the pay for half the work?
  • Transfers of undertakings overseas
  • Race discrimination
  • More protection for pregnant workers?
  • Location, location, location

September 2017 bulletin

  • Employee jailed for breaching injunction
  • Private interests covered by whistleblowing
  • Fees no more
  • Is voluntary overtime part of ‘normal pay’?
  • Menopause at work
  • When is treatment unfavourable?

August 2017 bulletin

  • Advertising
  • Application Forms
  • Shortlisting
  • Interviews
  • The job offer
  • Other things to think about

July 2017 bulletin

  • Disability-related absence didn’t cause redundancy
  • Failure to call appeal officer wasn’t fatal
  • Conduct and culpability
  • Share sale didn’t trigger TUPE
  • Employees’ duty to reveal intention to compete
  • Expectations relevant to covenant enforceability

June 2017 bulletin

  • Psychometric Testing was Discriminatory
  • Are ‘On-Call’ Workers Working?
  • Employers’ Role in Suicide Prevention
  • Employer’s Hefty Bill For Pensions Failures
  • Protected Disclosure Test is Objective
  • Restriction on Holiday Pay Claims Reinforced