The case of Government Legal Service (GLS) v Brooks considered whether it constituted indirect disability discrimination to require job applicants to sit a multiple-choice test at the first stage of a recruitment process. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), agreeing with…
Minicab company, Uber, has been granted the right to appeal against a recent employment tribunal ruling concerning the employment status of its drivers. Towards the end of last year, the London employment tribunal heard cases from two Uber drivers on…
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has warned that the hospitality sector could face a shortfall of 60,000 workers every year if immigration from the EU is too tightly controlled. It has warned that the sector faces having to drastically reduce…
The case of Adesokin v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited concerned one of Sainsbury’s Regional Operations Managers, A. Sainsbury’s operates an employee engagement procedure, which deals with progression, target setting and pay etc. A was responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of…
The Government has announced that it has no plans to increase national insurance rates for the self-employed during its time in office. It was originally anticipated that class four NICS (contributions paid by the self-employed) would increase from 9% to…
After a rigorous on-site assessment by the Law Society, Slater Heelis has been awarded the Lexcel Accreditation for excellence in practice management and client care for the 13th year in a row. The optional independent assessment benchmarks firms against the…
It has been reported that supermarket giant Asda is to offer new contracts to 135,000 of its staff. The new contracts will contain increased pay of £8.50 per hour but in return, Asda may call on staff to work on…
In this recent case, the Claimant, Miss Baker, claimed that she suffered from Dyslexia. This was confirmed by a psychologist’s report. The Respondent, Peninsula, were concerned about the Claimant’s performance and instructed consultants to conduct surveillance of her movements. Miss…
In the recent case of Capita Translation v Siauciunas considered whether a lack of mutuality of obligation between assignments was relevant to the legal test for employment status. The Claimant worked for the Respondent under a framework agreement on an…
The Office for National Statistics has released data confirming that the number of individuals engaged on Zero Hours Contracts has now reached 910,000. The data shows that 105,000 more people were on Zero Hours Contracts in 2016 compared with the…
