Employment and HR

• University Fellow Can Pursue Victimisation Complaints

  • Posted27 April 2015

  A former university research fellow, who claims that she was victimised by her bosses for making a sex discrimination complaint to an Employment Tribunal (ET), has had her hopes of...

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• Was Union Activist’s Sacking Unfair? Tribunal Considers

  • Posted8 April 2015

  A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision (Serco Limited v Dahou) serves as a reminder that an Employment Tribunal (ET) must not substitute its own view of what was an...

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• Offensive Tweets and Unfair Dismissal

  • Posted23 March 2015

  In a case which dealt with the issue of misuse of Twitter by an employee in the context of an unfair dismissal claim (Game Retail Limited v Laws), the Employment...

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• Increases in the National Minimum Wage

  • Posted17 March 2015

  The Government has announced the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates that will apply from 1 October 2015. The apprentice rate, which applies to apprentices under 19 or over 19...

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• Annual Inflation-Linked Changes in Tribunal Awards

  • Posted13 March 2015

  The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2015, which details the annual inflation-linked changes in limits on the compensation amounts which can be awarded by employment tribunals, applies where the...

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• When is a Teacher Not a Teacher? High Court Rules

  • Posted9 March 2015

  In a striking example of an employment relationship being transformed over time by custom and practice, the High Court has ruled on the status of a woman who was taken...

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