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Following recent changes to the law and a consultation last year, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has updated its statutory Code of Practice on requests for flexible working,...
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There are times when it is incumbent on an Employment Tribunals (ET) to consider a point of its own accord if the parties in the case have not raised it....
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A person who performs a voluntary role may nonetheless meet the definition of a ‘worker’ under Section 230(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, depending on the individual circumstances. Recently,...
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The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, which amends the Employment Rights Act 1996, was previously scheduled to come fully into force on 1 July 2024, but this has now...
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An employer will be able to defeat an equal pay claim under the Equality Act 2010 if it can show that the difference in pay is due to a ‘material...
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The Supreme Court has handed down its decision in a long-running case concerning whether protections against detriments short of dismissal for engaging in trade union activities are extensive enough to...
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