News & commentary

On this page you will find the latest news on employment law, HR and health & safety matters. They are updated regularly and you will find new content here on a weekly basis.

Latest news & commentary

09 May 2012

EAT finds that Stringfellows stripper is an employee

The question of employment status often has employers scratching their heads. Well, Peter Stringfellow can now sleep soundly in his bed knowing that, for one of his employees, this particular dilemma has been resolved.[...]
10 April 2012

Protection from racist language

The case of Moxam v Visible Changes Ltd & anor , is a useful reminder that a Claimant need not be of any particular race or nationality to claim race discrimination.[...]
27 February 2012

Border guard sacked for branding wife a terror suspect

An immigration officer has been sacked by the UK Border Agency after putting his wife wife on a terrorist watch list to prevent her being allowed to re-enter the UK after a holiday in Pakistan.[...]
07 February 2012

Council sacks workers by picking names out of a cereal bowl

Edinburgh City Council has recently come under fire for implementing an unconventional redundancy selection process.[...]
24 January 2012

Dismissals made in error cannot be retracted

In a recent Court of Appeal case, CF Capital plc v Willoughby, the Court held that a dismissal letter sent to an employee in error could not be withdrawn by the employer.[...]
08 September 2011

'Outed' employee not discriminated against

The case of Grant v HM Land Registry & anor is an interesting example of how the Courts will analyse workplace 'banter' and when this crosses the line into harassment and discrimination.[...]
28 July 2011

New guidance note in the client area

Clients can now access our new Flexible Working Guidance Note in the client area of the website. [...]
08 July 2011

Will accrued annual leave untaken by sick workers be unlimited?

LAWmail readers may remember that important decisions of the European Court ( Stringer, Schultz-Hoff) in 2009 raised the problem of unlimited accrual of annual leave by workers on long term sick leave and the spectre of untaken leave being carried forward into subsequent leave years on an unlimited basis.[...]
18 May 2011

New policy in the client area

Clients can now access our new Social Media policy in the client area of the website. [...]
26 April 2011

Selection for redundancy following reorganisation

Where there is more than one candidate who is potentially redundant, a fair process must include a reasonable selection process for deciding upon who is to be made redundant. [...]
15 April 2011

Minimum wage increases

Note that from 1st October 2011 the minimum wage for adults over 20 years will increase by 15p an hour to £6.08 an hour.[...]
31 March 2011

Compensation for second pregnancy sacking

An employment tribunal has awarded compensation to a woman who was dismissed after telling her employer she was pregnant for a second time while still on maternity leave.[...]