Employment and HR

• Forthcoming Changes to the ‘Whistleblowing’ Legislation

  • Posted25 February 2013

  The Government has announced changes to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill that will enhance the protections available to workers who ‘blow the whistle’ against their employer. Individuals who...

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• Territorial Limits of Union Recognition

  • Posted15 February 2013

  In Netjets Management Limted v Central Arbitration Committee, the operator of a fleet of private business jets has failed to convince a judge that it is not obliged to recognise...

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• Collective Redundancy Consultation – Draft Regulations Published

  • Posted11 February 2013

  The Government has published the draft Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013, which makes changes to the rules relating to collective redundancy consultation. Where...

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• Whistleblowing Partner Not Protected, Rules Court of Appeal

  • Posted8 February 2013

  A ‘worker’ who acts as a ‘whistleblower’ – disclosing breaches of the law – receives statutory protection under the law if he or she suffers detrimental treatment as a result...

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• TUPE – Service Provision Changes and Single-Purpose Agencies

  • Posted25 January 2013

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that not all of the employees of a single-purpose operation offering services to vulnerable people needing support with housing matters formed part of...

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• Absence from Work Due to Bad Weather – Where Do Employees Stand?

  • Posted24 January 2013

  With snow and ice covering parts of the UK at the moment (as well as flood warnings in some areas and an expectation of further wind and rain in the...

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