Employment and HR

• Employment Tribunal Fees – Update

  • Posted11 April 2013

  Currently, bringing a claim to the Employment Tribunal (ET) is free of charge. From July 2013, this is set to change, however, with the introduction of fees for single claims...

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• Employment Tribunals Have No Jurisdiction in Job Evaluation Disputes

  • Posted5 April 2013

  In dismissing claims for wrongful deductions from pay, brought by local authority employees, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) declined jurisdiction to carry out a comparative evaluation of their jobs on...

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• EHRC Launches Guidance on Preventing Discrimination

  • Posted4 April 2013

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published two sets of guidance for businesses on how to prevent discrimination and avoid costly legal challenges. ‘The Equality Act: Guidance...

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• Construction Company Fined Over Worker’s Death

  • Posted26 March 2013

  A Surrey-based construction company has been ordered to pay £210,000 in fines and costs after an employee died from injuries he sustained in an explosion on a construction site in...

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• Establishing Disability Under the Equality Act

  • Posted13 March 2013

  A person is disabled for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 if he or she has an impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability...

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• ET Wrong to Strike Out Discrimination Claims After Claimant’s Evidence

  • Posted8 March 2013

  In Timbo v Greenwich Council for Racial Equality, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that the Employment Tribunal (ET) had erred in law in acceding to the respondent’s application to...

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