Ask the question – employee not necessarily required to suggest bumping

In a redundancy situation, the onus is not necessarily on the employee to raise the issue of bumping, according to the EAT in Mirab v Mentor Graphics (UK) Ltd.

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I work from 9 to 5 – no injury to feelings compensation for breach of rest break rules

In Gomes v Higher Level Care Ltd the Court of Appeal confirms that tribunals cannot award injury to feelings compensation for breaches of the Working Time Regulations 1998, in this case a failure to provide rest breaks.

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We are family – Fathers and the workplace report published

The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has published its "Fathers and the workplace" report. Amongst other things the report recommends increasing statutory paternity pay and replacing shared parental leave with a new right to paternal leave.

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