As expected, in the United Kingdom there has been an increase in employees seeking to bring claims of automatic unfair dismissal where they have been dismissed for...more
1/27/2022
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Labor Laws ,
UK ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Workplace Safety
With the extremely exciting news of the first COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out today in the UK, many UK employers will be getting excited for a potential return to “normal” in 2021 and what the vaccine might mean for their...more
At the end of 2019, courts in the UK decided that ethical veganism is a protected philosophical belief under discrimination legislation. This decision has led to very strong opinions from lawyers, the public and the press as...more
EU Approves Directive on Whistleblowing and Internal Channels for Reporting -
New Legislation Enacted -
On October 23, 2019, the European Parliament approved the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council...more
1/28/2020
/ Breach of Contract ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Employee Rights ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Holidays ,
Internal Reporting ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Retaliation ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) provided useful clarity on when an act by an employee is done “in the course of employment” making the employer liable. The claimant had seen a colleague’s social media post featuring a...more
10/16/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
International Labor Laws ,
Offensive Language ,
Post-Termination Acts ,
Social Media ,
Social Media Policy ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Wage and Hour
Enhanced Shared Parental Pay Lower than Enhanced Maternity Pay Not Discriminatory -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On May 24, 2019, the UK Court of Appeal held that it is not discriminatory...more
7/17/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
International Labor Laws ,
Jurisdiction ,
Maternity Leave ,
Over-Time ,
Parental Leave ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Religious Expression ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Wage and Hour
The UK Court of Appeal ruled on January 31, 2019, that shop floor staff working for national supermarket chain could compare their pay and terms to distribution center workers. Over 7,000 mostly female shop floor staff have...more
4/15/2019
/ Appeals ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
I’m sure readers saw the title of this article and thought “what!? White straight men are the most represented group in businesses!” Nonetheless, an employment tribunal in the United Kingdom recently held that a strong...more
Supreme Court Rules that Refusal to Bake “Gay-Cake” Was Not Discriminatory -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On October 10, 2018, the UK Supreme Court held a bakery and its Christian owners had...more
1/16/2019
/ Data Breach ,
Employment Litigation ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Personal Liability ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
UK ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Violence
The new Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, which was enacted on September 13 and will come into effect in 2020, grants parents who experience the loss of a child under 18 or a stillbirth after 24 weeks of...more
10/11/2018
/ Appeals ,
Bereavement Leave ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Domestic Workers ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Internal Investigations ,
International Labor Laws ,
New Legislation ,
Parental Leave ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
German Church's Religious Occupational Requirement Subject to Judicial Scrutiny -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On April 17, 2018, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) held that German laws...more
8/1/2018
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EFTA ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
EU ,
Fixed-Term Labor Contracts ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Germany ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
LGBTQ ,
Pensions ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Transgender ,
Traveling Employee ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Time Regulations
Data Protection Act 2018 Enacted -
New Legislation Enacted -
Effective May 25, 2018, the UK Data Protection Act transposes the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into UK law, thereby replacing the Data...more
7/23/2018
/ Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Data Protection ,
Disability ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employment Litigation ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Data Transfers ,
International Labor Laws ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Wage and Hour