This week we consider a new EAT decision that emphasises the difficulties of making assumptions about tribunal time limits, particularly the date from when time starts to run....more
Although major employment changes in the UK are largely on hold until the general election later in 2024, there are a number of specific changes impacting daily planning and policies, which need to be on Legal and HR’s action...more
Our October update includes a significant Supreme Court decision on how to treat historic underpayments of holiday pay, a preliminary tribunal hearing on whether a belief in race equality that opposed critical race theory was...more
Summary - In the latest of a long line of cases relating to the calculation of holiday pay, the Court of Appeal has given a very significant decision that will impact all employers who engage independent contractors....more
Our December 2019 update outlines the key UK employment law developments over the last month. It includes cases on covert surveillance, sexual orientation discrimination when there is no identifiable victim, harassment under...more
No handbrake turns – holiday pay included voluntary overtime pay - The Court of Appeal confirmed the EAT decision in East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers that holiday pay has to include voluntary overtime...more
The UK Government recently published its Good Work Plan, a package of labour market reforms proposed in response to the review conducted by Matthew Taylor into the changing British labour market and which published its...more
The UK Government today announced its response to “Good Work: the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.” This was an independent review commissioned by the Government and published in July 2017 into the changing British...more
Uber drivers in the UK are “workers” entitled to earn at least the national minimum wage and enjoy other statutory benefits and protections an Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) held on November 9, upholding the decision of...more
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
The Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices (the Review), an independent report commissioned by the U.K. government to analyse the changing employment landscape, was published on 11 July 2017....more
The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices was published this week and this update reports on its detailed recommendations for reform of UK employment law in terms of its application to those who are engaged other than as...more
Workers who regularly undertake voluntary overtime beyond their contracted hours may be eligible for more holiday pay. A recent ruling means that businesses should be reviewing their current holiday pay practices and...more
In the latest in a long-running series of cases on holiday pay, the Employment Tribunal has handed down its first judgment in Lock v British Gas Trading Limited....more
Now that we have eased into 2015, it’s time to think about the key employment law issues we’ll be facing in the year ahead. The general election in May will, of course, hold most of our attention, but there are other...more
Unite, the trade union that backed the majority of the claimants in Bear Scotland v Fulton regarding the calculation of holiday pay, has announced it will not appeal the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision....more
We recently reported on the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s (EAT) important decision on the calculation of holiday pay. This decision established that payments in respect of “non-guaranteed overtime” must be taken into account...more
Following on from our Hot Off The Press legal update, we report in more detail below on the much publicised decision of Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton UKEATS/0047/13 & Others in which the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT)...more
What Has Happened? - One effect of the EAT’s judgment was to dramatically limit workers’ rights to bring Employment Tribunal claims for historic underpayments of holiday pay. It had been widely expected that Unite...more
In a landmark decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided that payments in respect of “non-guaranteed overtime”, which is overtime that an employer is not required to offer, but an employee is required to work...more
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision could expose UK employers to claims of underpaying holiday pay in the past. 1. What are all the headlines about? On Tuesday, 4 November 2014, the UK Employment Appeal...more
A decision reached on 4 November 2014 by the Employment Appeal Tribunal is likely to have major implications for employers calculating holiday pay. The EAT found that overtime which an employee was required to work should be...more
Yesterday, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) gave its long-awaited decision in Bear Scotland v Fulton and Ors on whether or not overtime should be included in holiday pay....more
This OnPoint reports on the judgments handed down by the Employment Appeal Tribunal today confirming that under UK law the calculation of holiday pay must include overtime and taxable travelling time payments, that the...more