Employment and HR

• Whistleblowing – Not Every Disclosure Deserves Protection

  • Posted18 February 2021

  In order to qualify for legal protection, whistleblowers must genuinely believe that the disclosures they make to their employers are justified and in the public interest. The Court of Appeal...

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• Financier’s ‘Utility Token’ Golden Hello Triggers Employment Test Case

  • Posted5 February 2021

  Online trading in a wide range of cryptocurrencies, tokens and vouchers has taken off in the past few years and the law faces a stiff challenge in keeping up with...

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• Low-Paid Workers’ Union Triumphs in COVID-19 Health and Safety Test Case

  • Posted14 January 2021

  Many low-paid workers who have an essential role in keeping the nation moving are at particularly high risk from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a ground-breaking decision, the High Court came...

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• Succession Planning Good, Age Discrimination Bad – EAT Ruling

  • Posted6 January 2021

  Any organisation that does not have an effective system of succession planning in place must face an uncertain future. As a ruling of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) underlined, however,...

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• ET Recognises Stoicism as a Protected Philosophical Belief

  • Posted18 December 2020

  Stoicism is a 2,300-year-old system of ethics which guided the steps of such giants of classical history as Seneca and the emperor Marcus Aurelius. Its adherents may nowadays be few...

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• Doctor’s Race Discrimination Claims Prematurely Struck Out

  • Posted4 December 2020

  Discriminatory acts or omissions may be seen as one-off incidents or as a sequence giving rise to a continuing discriminatory state of affairs. As an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling...

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