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From new disciplinary rules to discrimination, employment law changes so fast that many managers find it difficult to keep pace... |
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North West law firm, Brabners Chaffe Street, warn employers that in a worrying extension of the law, an innocent employer has been held liable for harassment in the workplace... |
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Employers will have to review the way they deal with older workers in view of an ageing population and new rules on age discrimination... |
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Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2005 |
In March 2005 the Government issued its consultation paper on draft TUPE regulations which are due to come into force on 1st October 2005. The consultation period ends on the 7th June 2005... |
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Bear Traps for Employers in the new Employment Tribunal Rules Procedure |
The new Employment Rules of Procedure which came into force on the 1st October pose a number of bear traps for employers filing responses to the claim... |
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Extension of the Role of Worker Representatives and Disciplinary Hearings |
As employers will be aware, where a meeting is held which could result in disciplinary action, workers have the right to be accompanied by a colleague or trade union representative... |
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Disciplinary Procedures - Range of Responses of a Responsible Employer |
The Court of Appeal has recently given their judgement on the case Strouthos v London Underground. The decision serves as a timely reminder that provided the employer's decision is within the range of reasonable responses... |
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The Court of Appeal’s decision in Durant -v- FSA has restricted information accessible under a Data Protection request... |
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In Kaur -v- M G Rover Group (2004) IRLR 278 the Rover Group entered into a Collective Agreement with Unions which stated... |
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The compensation limits for Employment Tribunal claims increase with effect from the 1 st February 2004 as follows... |
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You may well have employees you know nothing about! Those temps or agency workers you use could, in law, be your employees despite the fact that you have never once discussed the issue with them and never paid them directly either... |
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It is being reported that there may be a delay in regulations prohibiting discrimination in employment on grounds of age being placed before Parliament due to a lack of agreement in government departments as to... |
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Redundancy: The Purpose of the, Protective Award
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A recent Court of Appeal case has examined the principles upon which a protective award for collective redundancies will be made... |
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A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision has given guidance on when employees are entitled to be accompanied at hearings and meetings... |
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In a previous bulletin (issue 18) September 2003 we advised that a contractual term providing for a basic wage or rate topped up by a specific sum or percentage in respect of holiday would not contravene the ... |
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A recent House of Lords decision has held that an employer will be in breach of their duty of care if they fail to make appropriate enquiries regarding the reasons for an employee’s stress and... |
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With effect from the 1 st May 2004 the nationals of 10 countries who joined the EU under the Accession Treaty will be able to move freely around the EU without immigration restrictions and work legally in the UK... |
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