Employment and HR

• Judges and Firefighters Triumph in Age Discrimination Test Case

  • Posted18 March 2019

  To defeat a claim of direct discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, the employer must show that the treatment complained of is in pursuit of a legitimate aim and is...

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• Untaken Paid Holiday – Does Failure to Request Leave Result in its Loss?

  • Posted1 March 2019

  The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has supported the opinion of the Advocate General that the mere fact that a worker did not apply to take annual...

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• Deliveroo Riders Are Self-Employed, High Court Rules

  • Posted13 February 2019

  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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• Individuals Personally Liable for Whistleblowing Dismissal, Court of Appeal Rules

  • Posted29 January 2019

  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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• Employee Copyright Agreement Achieved Legitimate Aim

  • Posted18 January 2019

  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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• Job Interviews and the Risks of Asking Off the Cuff Discriminatory Questions

  • Posted28 December 2018

  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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