In this OnPoint we report on a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision which demonstrates why conducting regular, and good quality, diversity and equality training is vital. Introduction - When an employee commits an act...more
Introduction - In this OnPoint we report on a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision which provides a useful reminder of the need for employers to consider mitigation of loss at an early stage when preparing for...more
Introduction - The reputation that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”) have for technicality, complexity, and unpredictability will not be improved by the recent decision of the...more
In this OnPoint, we report on a recent decision of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal on the issue of the covert recording by employees of meetings with their employer, and the legal and practical issues this highlights in...more
8/2/2019
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Appeals ,
Audio Recording ,
Confidential Information ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Secret Recordings ,
Transcripts ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Video Recordings
In this OnPoint we consider when discrimination and employment claims can be brought in Great Britain by those working overseas, with particular focus on the recent discrimination case of Ravisy v Simmons & Simmons LLP and...more
5/16/2019
/ Article 8 ,
Brussels Regulation ,
Domicile ,
Employee Mobility ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equal Pay ,
Equality Act ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
International Jurisdiction ,
International Litigation ,
Jurisdiction ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sufficient Connection Test ,
Traveling Employee ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal
The Supreme Court’s recent decision quashing the Employment Tribunal fee regime is not the only recent employment law news of which UK employers need to be aware. This OnPoint summarises some other recent developments....more
8/10/2017
/ Bereavement Leave ,
Directors ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
Joint and Several Liability ,
Over-Time ,
Parental Leave ,
Personal Liability ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Whistleblowers
This update reports on the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Chesterton Global Limited and anor v Nurmohamed in which it considered the public interest requirement of the UK’s whistleblowing legislation....more
The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) held on 9 March 2016 in Peninsula Business Services Ltd v Donaldson that it was not unlawfully discriminatory for an employer to suspend the payment of childcare vouchers during...more
Could UK Employers Risk an Unfair Dismissal Claim if They Do Not Pause the Process?
One issue which can trouble HR professionals is how to deal with a grievance lodged by an employee during the course of a disciplinary...more
In the case Henderson v GMB, the UK's Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) had to consider whether the claimant had been subjected to harassment related to his beliefs. The claimant in the case was a trade union official who had...more
In Chesterton Global Limited and anor v Nurmohamed the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has considered for the first time the public interest test introduced into the UK’s whistleblowing legislation in 2013....more