Introduction - The annual increases to the compensation limits applying to certain UK employment claims have now been published. The maximum compensation which can be awarded by the Employment Tribunal in “ordinary” unfair...more
The annual increases to the compensation limits applying to certain UK employment claims have now been published and will take effect in April 2020. An Order laid before Parliament will increase the maximum compensation which...more
3/5/2020
/ Compensatory Awards ,
International Labor Laws ,
Paid Leave ,
Paternity Leave ,
Rate of Pay ,
Redundancy Payments ,
Sick Pay ,
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) ,
UK ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Wage and Hour
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 annual increases to the compensation limits applying to certain UK employment claims have now been published and will take effect in April 2019. An Order laid before Parliament will increase the maximum compensation which...more
The maximum compensation that the Employment Tribunal can award for “ordinary” unfair dismissal claims will increase from 6 April 2018, as will the weekly wage figure for calculating an employee's entitlement to a statutory...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
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
The maximum compensation that the Employment Tribunal can award for “ordinary” unfair dismissal claims will increase from 6 April 2017, as will the weekly wage figure for calculating an employee's entitlement to a statutory...more
The maximum compensation that the Employment Tribunal can award for “ordinary” unfair dismissal claims will increase from 6 April 2016, as will the weekly wage figure for calculating an employee's entitlement to a statutory...more
Sometimes managers can appear to think that dismissals for redundancy or poor performance are interchangeable. But the procedures which need to be followed in the UK in either case, to avoid an employee being able to bring a...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
The maximum compensation that the Employment Tribunal can award for “ordinary” unfair dismissal claims will increase from 6 April 2015, as will the weekly wage figure for calculating an employee's entitlement to a statutory...more
The maximum compensation that the Employment Tribunal can award for “ordinary” unfair dismissal claims will increase from 6 April 2014, as will the weekly wage figure for calculating statutory redundancy payments....more
Fees in Employment Tribunals -
In an effort to shift the burden of tribunal costs away from the taxpayer and to the parties using the service, the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeals Tribunal Fees Order...more
The Government has now announced the implementation date - Monday 29 July 2013 - for the introduction of the payment of fees in relation to Employment Tribunal claims. A claimant will be required to pay an “issue fee” on...more
From 1 February 2013 the maximum compensation that the Employment Tribunal can award for unfair dismissal (save in the exceptional cases such as whistleblowing, where no cap applies to the compensatory award) will increase,...more