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Employment and HR
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The High Court has dismissed a claim by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) seeking to overturn a decision of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) that Deliveroo riders...
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In a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that individual managers can be held personally liable for dismissal in whistleblowing claims (Timis and Another v Osipov and Another)....
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Many employers require their staff to sign copyright agreements by which they give up their intellectual property rights to designs or other works created in the course of their employment....
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Questions asked of job applicants at interview should be carefully considered in advance and formulated with the benefit of legal advice. In one case where that signally did not happen,...
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The Court of Appeal has ruled that drivers who use online taxi company Uber’s app are ‘workers’ within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA), rather than self-employed...
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Employers can be found vicariously liable for the actions of their staff when these occur in the course of their employment, which can include during an office function, but what...
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