New right to take carer’s leave -
The Carer's Leave Act 2023 and The Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024 give employees in the UK a new right to take “carer’s leave” with effect from 6 April 2024. An employee who has a...more
4/3/2024
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Compensation ,
Dependent Care ,
Employment Policies ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Long-Term Care ,
Maternity Leave ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paternity Leave ,
UK
In Ponticelli Limited v Gallagher, the Scottish appeal court, the Court of Session (CS) found that an employee’s right to participate in a Share Incentive Plan (SIP) transferred under TUPE, even though it was not referred to...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 Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held in Barbulescu v Romania (Application no. 61496/08) last week that there was a breach of the right to privacy where an employer searched the contents of an...more
9/14/2017
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Article 8 ,
Damages ,
Email ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
Employment Tribunals ,
EU ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
European Court of Human Rights ,
Investigatory Powers Act 2016 ,
Notice Requirements ,
Right to Privacy ,
UK ,
UK Data Protection Act ,
Wrongful Termination
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