Employment and HR

• Settlement Agreements and the Date of Termination

  • Posted4 May 2018

  Where there is an existing employment dispute, the communications that take place in order to reach a settlement agreement are normally subject to ‘without prejudice’ privilege under common law –...

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• Ageism and the Hazards of Referring to Seniority or Length of Service

  • Posted19 April 2018

  References to ‘seniority’ or ‘length of service’ can all too easily be read as impermissible references to an employee’s age, a point which was made by one case in which...

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• Perceived Disability Discrimination

  • Posted9 April 2018

  Under the Equality Act 2010, direct discrimination occurs when the reason for a person being treated less favourably than another is one of the protected characteristics covered by the Act....

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• Government Consults on Aspects of the Parental Bereavement Bill

  • Posted29 March 2018

  The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill was introduced into Parliament as a Private Members’ Bill in July 2017. The Bill is being supported by the Government and is now...

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• Video Surveillance at Work

  • Posted28 March 2018

  Two recent decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) have looked at a worker’s right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which...

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• Auto-Enrolment – Increase in Minimum Required Contribution Levels

  • Posted16 March 2018

  Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK has a duty to enrol certain staff into a pension scheme and contribute towards it. Employers are reminded that...

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