Following the success of our Employment Law Horizon Scanning webinar that took place earlier this year we have released our predictions for 2023....more
In some cases, yes; so said the Court of Appeal in the recent case of Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited, which upheld an Employment Tribunal decision to dismiss a claim for automatic unfair dismissal brought by a...more
We include the 2018 chapter in its entirety for reference following the 2019 update. Background - As part of last year’s Labour & Employment group paper, "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: What Your Company Needs to...more
Raising Rates: U.K. Employment Tribunal Compensation Limits and National Minimum Wage 2019 - The annual increases in compensation in the Employment Tribunals will take effect on 6 April 2019....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
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
This month, the FCA and PRA announced a new regime for whistleblowing that will start to be phased in from March 2016. This is part of the broader desire on the part of the UK regulators to encourage individuals to raise...more
In the UK, whistleblowing law is based on a statute prohibiting a “worker” being dismissed or subjected to any other detriment because of having made a “protected disclosure”. Until this week, the general view was that the...more