Part-year & casual workers get same holiday as full year workers
Part-year & casual workers are entitled to the same holiday as full year workers The Supreme Court has ruled in Harpur Trust v Brazel that workers who only work for part of the year, but on permanent contracts, are entitled to the same holiday allowance as workers who work all year. This mean...
Long COVID is a disability under the Equality Act 2010
Long COVID is a disability In the case of Burke -v- Turning Point Scotland (2022) , the Employment Tribunal has ruled that a person with long covid is a disabled person within the meaning of s6 of the Equality Act 2010. Long Covid For some people, coronavirus (COVID-19) can cause sym...
Court of Appeal cancels fire and rehire injunction
Fire and re-hire Earlier this year the High Court granted USDAW (trade union) an injunction to prevent Tesco from ‘firing and rehiring” employees in order to remove a negotiated entitlement to enhanced pay. In Tesco v USDAW & others, the Court of Appeal has ove...
Funding your Employment Tribunal Case
Employment tribunal costs can run into thousands of pounds. How do you find the money to pay for your Employment Tribunal claim? Apply for free Employment Law Advice and Representation (pro Bono) Contact an organisation that provides free employment law advice and representation. Fo...
Employment Law Changes from April 2022
EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES FROM APRIL 2022 The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2022 has been laid before parliament. This year's core compensation limit increases are:- a week's pay (basic award / redundancy payment) - £571 (from £544) maximum compens...
Employment Tribunals “Road Map” 2022/2023
Employment Tribunals “Road Map” 2022/2023 The Presidents first published a ‘road map’ for listing and hearing cases in June 2020, as part of the strategy for dealing with the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. A road map for 2021/22 was issued in March last yea...
Time Limits in the Employment Tribunal
Time Limits in the Employment Tribunal Time limits are strictly applied in the Employment Tribunal. For unfair dismissal and most other claims, the time limit for bringing your claim to the Employment Tribunal is 3 months less than one day. If you miss your time limit you will not be able to proc...
Is it unfair to dismiss for personality clashes?
Dismissal for Personality Clashes Case law shows that where there are serious personality clashes between colleagues that cause disruption at work, an employer can dismiss fairly for Some Other Substantial Reason (SOSR). Your employer must make sure that the real reason for the dismissal is...
Russian vodka billionaire slapped by ET for whistleblowing dismissal
Whistleblowing Dismissal In V Zabelin v SPI Spirits (UK) Ltd and others , the Employment Tribunal found that the Russian billionaire behind Stolichnaya vodka unfairly sacked a £180,000-a-year UK executive after he objected to 'brutal' 30% staff pay cuts during the pandemic. Oligarch...
Pilot study into four-day working week
Four-day working week A six-month trial looking into the four-day week with no loss of pay will start in June 2022. The pilot is based on the principle that employees receiving 100 per cent of their pay for 80 per cent of their time in exchange for a commitment to maintain 100 per cent productivi...
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