Employment Alerter Archive

• Government’s first deregulation announcement includes employment law changes
  Friday 19th May 2023
• Retained EU Law: Sunset clause removed
  Friday 19th May 2023
• Compensation limits and minimum awards increase
  Thursday 6th April 2023
• Government consults on
  Tuesday 31st January 2023
• Government consults on holiday after Harpur Trust v Brazel
  Wednesday 25th January 2023
• EAT considers without prejudice rule
  Thursday 5th January 2023
• Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Bill
  Wednesday 26th October 2022
• EAT considers lack of belief in
  Friday 22nd July 2022
• EAT considers dismissal procedures and proportionality test
  Thursday 14th July 2022
• EAT decision on comparators in indirect sex discrimination case
  Wednesday 22nd June 2022
• Unfair dismissal claim could proceed where voluntary redundancy requested
  Tuesday 26th April 2022
• Compensation limits and minimum awards increase
  Wednesday 6th April 2022
• CA decision on right of agency workers to be informed about vacancies
  Tuesday 8th March 2022
• CA holds the right to holiday pay for unpaid leave carries over to termination
  Wednesday 23rd February 2022
• EAT agrees dismissal for raising numerous vexatious and frivolous grievances was fair
  Tuesday 11th January 2022
• EAT upholds 25% uplift to awards for injury to feelings and aggravated damages
  Tuesday 21st December 2021
• EAT on objective justification defence
  Tuesday 7th December 2021
• CA finds courier with limited right to substitute was a worker
  Monday 1st November 2021
• SC considers burden of proof in discrimination claims
  Tuesday 5th October 2021
• ET holds that failure to consider furlough made dismissal unfair
  Tuesday 10th August 2021
• EAT considers career-long losses
  Wednesday 14th July 2021
• Changes to the CJRS
  Wednesday 30th June 2021
• CA on when long-term effect of disability is assessed
  Friday 7th May 2021
• Compensation limits and minimum awards increase
  Wednesday 7th April 2021
• Right to pay for unpaid leave which was taken does not carry over
  Friday 26th March 2021
• EAT on the reasonable steps defence
  Tuesday 9th March 2021
• CJRS extended to September 2021
  Tuesday 9th March 2021
• SC upholds finding that Uber drivers are workers
  Wednesday 24th February 2021
• CJRS extended to March 2021
  Monday 23rd November 2020
• CJRS extended
  Monday 2nd November 2020
• EAT holds imposing a new contract was not a continuing act
  Monday 12th October 2020
• CJRS and the new JSS
  Thursday 1st October 2020
• Police can use WhatsApp messages in misconduct proceedings against officers
  Wednesday 23rd September 2020
• CJRS changes
  Wednesday 2nd September 2020
• EAT holds employer undertaking was a reasonable adjustment
  Wednesday 8th July 2020
• Flexible furlough
  Thursday 2nd July 2020
• Changes to furlough scheme
  Monday 1st June 2020
• Government Coronavirus Support Schemes
  Tuesday 19th May 2020
• Law Commission proposals
  Friday 1st May 2020
• Furlough scheme opens
  Monday 20th April 2020
• Supreme Court on vicarious liability
  Tuesday 14th April 2020
• Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)
  Friday 27th March 2020
• Compensation limits and minimum awards increase
  Thursday 5th March 2020
• CA gives guidance on
  Wednesday 4th March 2020
• What's coming up in 2020
  Wednesday 22nd January 2020
• Some key developments in employment law from 2019
  Wednesday 15th January 2020
• ET decides ethical veganism is protected by the Equality Act
  Tuesday 7th January 2020
• Employment Tribunal decides TUPE applies to workers
  Tuesday 10th December 2019
• Supreme Court on hidden dismissal motive
  Monday 9th December 2019
• ECJ rules on holiday carry over
  Monday 9th December 2019
• Motive of investigating manager attributed to employer
  Tuesday 26th November 2019
• Supreme Court rules on severance doctrine
  Thursday 18th July 2019
• Perceived disability
  Thursday 4th July 2019
• Injury to feelings
  Wednesday 19th June 2019
• Enhanced shared parental pay
  Wednesday 19th June 2019
• Knowledge of a disability
  Friday 24th May 2019
• CA finds revoking offer after medical assessment was not discriminatory
  Friday 24th May 2019
• Vento bands updated
  Friday 12th April 2019
• Compensation limits and minimum awards increase
  Friday 12th April 2019
• Disability discrimation
  Monday 1st April 2019
• Assertion of a statutory right
  Thursday 28th February 2019
• Post-Brexit immigration proposals
  Thursday 7th February 2019
• CA upholds finding that Uber drivers are workers
  Thursday 3rd January 2019
• Government's "Good Work Plan"
  Thursday 3rd January 2019
• Implied term prevented dismissal of employee in receipt of long-term disability payments
  Tuesday 18th December 2018
• EAT agrees that Addison Lee drivers are workers
  Thursday 22nd November 2018
• Individual liability in whistleblowing cases
  Tuesday 30th October 2018
• Vicarious liability
  Monday 29th October 2018
• Supreme Court: no discrimination in "gay cake" case
  Thursday 11th October 2018
• Unfair dismissal: serious misconduct
  Wednesday 11th July 2018
• Supreme Court agrees that Pimlico plumber was a worker
  Thursday 14th June 2018
• Constructive dismissal: affirmation and the "last straw" doctrine
  Tuesday 5th June 2018
• Discrimination arising from disability: an employer's knowledge
  Tuesday 5th June 2018
• Supreme Court on when notice of termination takes effect
  Thursday 3rd May 2018
• Shared parental leave: enhanced pay
  Tuesday 17th April 2018
• Employer's knowledge of disability
  Thursday 8th March 2018
• Compensation limits and minimum awards to increase on 6 April 2018
  Thursday 8th March 2018
• Disability discrimination: requirement to work late may amount to a PCP
  Thursday 8th March 2018
• The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices
  Thursday 15th February 2018
• Perceived disability
  Tuesday 23rd January 2018
• Protected disclosures
  Monday 22nd January 2018
• Holiday pay
  Friday 8th December 2017
• The CAC finds that Deliveroo riders are not workers
  Monday 27th November 2017
• EAT upholds finding that Uber drivers are workers
  Monday 13th November 2017
• Protected disclosures - knowledge of decision maker
  Tuesday 24th October 2017
• Vento bands to be increased
  Tuesday 12th September 2017
• Monitoring employee communications at work
  Tuesday 12th September 2017
• Burden of proof in discrimination claims
  Tuesday 22nd August 2017
• Voluntary overtime payments included in holiday pay
  Friday 11th August 2017
• ET & EAT fees unlawful
  Thursday 27th July 2017
• The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices
  Monday 24th July 2017
• Compensation: long-term future loss
  Friday 21st July 2017
• Whistleblowing
  Friday 21st July 2017
• Gender pay gap reporting
  Friday 7th July 2017
• Government's proposals for EU citizens after UK leaves the EU
  Friday 7th July 2017
• AG opinion - employers must enable leave to be taken
  Monday 26th June 2017
• Employment law and the General Election
  Thursday 25th May 2017
• Unlawful deductions - limiting retrospective claims
  Friday 19th May 2017
• Supreme Court clarifies test for indirect discrimination
  Thursday 20th April 2017
• Time limits and ACAS early conciliation
  Thursday 6th April 2017
• Workplace bans on wearing religious symbols: ECJ decisions
  Tuesday 21st March 2017
• Disability-related harassment requires proven disability
  Tuesday 14th March 2017
• Compensation limits and minimum awards to increase on 6 April 2017
  Friday 24th February 2017
• Pimlico Plumbers: CA decides plumber is a worker
  Thursday 16th February 2017
• Government's review of ET fees
  Tuesday 14th February 2017
• Some key developments in employment law: 2016/2017
  Monday 6th February 2017
• CitySprint bicycle courier is a worker, not self-employed contractor
  Tuesday 17th January 2017
• Re-engagement and belief in an employee's dishonesty
  Thursday 12th January 2017
• Reforming the ET and EAT
  Wednesday 28th December 2016
• Gender pay gap reporting
  Wednesday 14th December 2016
• Temporary incapacity may amount to a disability
  Tuesday 13th December 2016
• Rest breaks under the Working Time Regulations 1998
  Wednesday 30th November 2016
• Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed contractors
  Monday 31st October 2016
• Asda equal pay claims allowed to proceed
  Thursday 20th October 2016
• Holiday pay
  Thursday 13th October 2016
• Reasonable adjustments: consent and pay protection
  Monday 26th September 2016
• Territorial jurisdiction: establishing a close connection with Great Britain
  Monday 26th September 2016
• Tax treatment of termination payments
  Wednesday 17th August 2016
• Justice Committee reviews impact of ET fees
  Friday 22nd July 2016
• Settlement negotiations
  Thursday 21st July 2016
• Workplace bans on wearing religious symbols
  Wednesday 13th July 2016
• Supreme Court on nationality, immigration status and discrimination
  Tuesday 5th July 2016
• Workplace bans on wearing religious symbols
  Monday 4th July 2016
• Territorial jurisdiction and the Equality Act 2010
  Friday 3rd June 2016
• Expecting staff to work late could be discriminatory
  Friday 3rd June 2016
• The Trade Union Act 2016
  Thursday 12th May 2016
• 6 April 2016 sees compensation limit increases
  Tuesday 5th April 2016
• Childcare vouchers during maternity leave
  Monday 4th April 2016
• Commission or similar payments must be included in holiday pay
  Thursday 3rd March 2016
• Payments for injury to feelings arising on termination are taxable
  Friday 12th February 2016
• Some key employment law developments of 2015
  Wednesday 13th January 2016
• EAT decides unused holiday can be carried over for 18 months
  Thursday 30th July 2015
• Collective consultation
  Tuesday 5th May 2015
• Bonus and sickness
  Thursday 26th March 2015
• Commission and holiday pay
  Thursday 26th March 2015
• April sees increase in compensation limits
  Monday 16th February 2015
• Obesity as a disability
  Friday 19th December 2014
• Government moves to limit unlawful deductions claims
  Friday 19th December 2014
• Banker's bonus cap
  Thursday 20th November 2014
• Holiday pay
  Tuesday 4th November 2014
• ACAS guidance on shared parental leave
  Wednesday 15th October 2014
• Employment Law Changes
  Thursday 2nd October 2014
• Itemised payslips
  Friday 26th September 2014
• Constructive dismissal
  Tuesday 26th August 2014
• TUPE update
  Thursday 21st August 2014
• Increasing disciplinary sanction on appeal
  Monday 28th July 2014
• Judge not entitled to rewrite restrictive covenant
  Thursday 24th July 2014
• Severe obesity may qualify as a legal disability
  Thursday 17th July 2014
• Compulsory Retirement Age
  Monday 14th July 2014
• Flexible Working - Extension of Right to Request
  Tuesday 1st July 2014

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2013

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2012

• Employment Alerter October 2 2012
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2011

• Employment Alerter October 2011
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2010

• Business Immigration Alerter December 2010
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• Business Immigration Alerter July 2010
• Employment Alerter March 2010
• Employment Alerter February 2010

2009

• Business Immigration Alerter October 2009
• Employment Alerter September 2009
• Business Immigration Alerter April 2009
• Business Immigration Alerter March 2009
• Employment Alerter January 2009

2008

• Business Immigration Alerter November 2008
• Business Immigration Alerter October 2008
• Business Immigration Alerter August 2008
• Business Immigration Alerter July 2008
• Employment Alerter February 2008

2007

• Immigration Alerter September 2007
• Employment Alerter August 2007
• Immigration Alerter July 2007
• Employment Alerter May 2007
• Business Immigration Alerter May 2007
• Employment Alerter March 2007
• Business Immigration Alerter March 2007

2006

• Business Immigration Alerter December 2006
• Business Immigration Alerter October 2006
• Fixed Term Employees Alerter
• Employment Alerter: New Maternity and Adoption Rights for Employees Announced
• Parker & Co Employment Alerter April 2006
• Parker & Co Business Immigration Alerter March 2006
• Parker & Co Solicitors Launch
• Press Release
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