Caroline Jennings reviews the recent EAT case of Palmer v RBS UKEAT/0083/14 which concerns whether or not a statutory restriction on eligibility for early retirement benefits could amount…
No5 Employment Barrister Mugni Islam-Choudhury will be presenting part of a seminar hosted by Birmingham Law Society on Effective Employment Tribunal Advocacy, to be held…
Was a failure to allow an employee to change her choice of voluntary redundancy to redeployment (in the hope that the redeployment exercise would take…
In a truly landmark decision in the case of Lock v British Gas [2014] IRLR 648 the European Court of Justice decided that holiday pay…
Russell Holland considers the impact of the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Hainsworth v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWCA Civ 763 and…
Russell Holland examines the EAT’s ruling in Punjab National Bank v Gosain UKEAT/0003/14/SM, the latest in a series of rulings which consider the admissibility of…
Russell Bailey’s successful appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) in the case of London Central Bus Company Ltd v Manning UKEAT/0103/13/DM has now been reported on…
By Anthony Korn Statutory framework details ‘must change’ to encourage employees to report wrong-doing The Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) has called for changes to the…
By Nabila Mallick Dress codes in the workplace are not uncommon[1]. Most Employers have a certain standard of dress in the workplace, whether enforced through…
By Fatim Kurji Fatim Kurji considers the meaning of ‘same employment’ within the Equal Pay legislation. Background The Equality Act 2010, and before it the…
By Caroline Jennings Caroline Jennings explores the use of CCTV as evidence in the Employment Tribunal. I recently acted for a Respondent in a simple…
By James Dixon Onu v Akwiwu and others, UKEAT/0283/12/RN, UKEAT/0022/12/RN raises some interesting legal issues in a context where the need for justice may lead to…
Introduction In the spring edition of the Employment Law Newsletter, Tim Sheppard published an article entitled, “The Draft Employment Tribunal Rules: An Overview of the…
By Fatim Kurji Should employees – or employers – be able to use secretly taped recordings as evidence when bringing or defending claims in the…
By Gemma Roberts What do strippers, clergymen and car-washers all have in common? They have all been the subject of recent decisions concerning employment status. …