Employment and HR

• Trust in an Employee Misplaced? The Law Will Help You Pick Up the Pieces

  • Posted5 September 2019

  In spite of the obvious risks involved, a great many businesses have no choice but to entrust confidential information to their employees. A High Court case showed that, where such...

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• Photographer Subjected to Racial Harassment Wins Substantial Damages

  • Posted22 August 2019

  If you have been ill-treated at work, Employment Tribunals (ETs) have the power to award damages against your employer and to compensate you for the indignity or injury to feelings...

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• What Counts as ‘Time Work’?

  • Posted5 August 2019

  A recent case illustrates that decisions as to whether time spent by a worker who is on call counts as ‘time work’ for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage...

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• Phase Two of the ‘Good Work Plan’ – Protecting Vulnerable Workers

  • Posted18 July 2019

  In July 2017, Matthew Taylor published his independent review on modern working practices, entitled ‘Good Work’. The Government published its response to the review in February 2018 and launched consultations...

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• Written Statement of Employment Particulars – Late Provision

  • Posted17 July 2019

  The Employment Rights Act 1996 provides that all employees, whether part-time or full-time, are entitled by law to be given a written statement setting out the main particulars of their...

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• Disability Discrimination and the Meaning of ‘Long-Term’

  • Posted5 July 2019

  Employment disputes often arise because an employer does not consider that an employee’s condition is a disability that qualifies them for protection under the Equality Act 2010. It is therefore...

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