Employment and HR

• TUPE – Organised Grouping of Employees

  • Posted7 September 2015

  A service provision change under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) takes place when, immediately before the change, there is an ‘organised grouping’ of employees that...

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• Court of Appeal Rejects Unison’s Employment Tribunal Fees Challenge

  • Posted27 August 2015

  When Employment Tribunal (ET) fees were introduced in July 2013, the public service trade union Unison was quick to challenge the lawfulness of the new regime on the basis that...

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• NFU Mutual SafetyHub for Small Farms

  • Posted25 August 2015

  According to figures collated by NFU Mutual, smaller farming businesses, whose workers invariably carry out a wide variety of tasks, often in poor weather conditions, are still prone to significant...

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• Government to Review Employment Tribunal Fees System

  • Posted17 August 2015

  The Government has announced that it is to carry out a wide-ranging review of the Employment Tribunal (ET) fees system to determine whether its original objectives have been met. It...

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• Final Warnings Must Be Given in Good Faith to Have Any Effect

  • Posted7 August 2015

  In Way v Spectrum Property Care Limited, the Court of Appeal has ruled that final warnings given in bad faith cannot be relied upon when assessing whether or not there...

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• Road Safety Resources and Training

  • Posted30 July 2015

  Every employer has a duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees. To this end, employers have a duty to do whatever is reasonably practicable to ensure...

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