The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has issued a new practice direction, The Practice Direction (Employment Appeal Tribunal – Procedure) 2018. Amongst the noteworthy changes are the following: – 1. The time for a Respondent to lodge its Answer has been…
On 1st January 2019, new regulations came into force meaning that the UK’s largest companies will have to disclose their top executives’ pay and explain the gap between this pay and their average worker. The regulations make it a legal…
According to research carried out by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, average fines from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) rose from £73,000 in the year ending September 2017 to £146,000 in the year ending September 2018. The total value of fines increased…
In the case of Evans v Xactly, the Claimant was employed by the Respondent as a sales representative for just short of one year when he was dismissed. He brought a series of claims to include discrimination, victimisation on the…
Maternity pay is a minefield and many of us continue to be confused, especially when working on a fixed term or temporary contract. Partner and Head of Employment, Tracey Guest, outlines the rights of expectant parents in this Working Mums…
This European Court of Justice judgment provides that the situation of a worker parental leave is different to that of a worker on sick leave (in the sense that it is foreseeable and a worker on parental leave is not…
The taxman have been shown a red card by football referees after they won a legal battle over a £584,000 penalty charge in a landmark case about the nature of employment. HM Revenue and Customs’ position that most referees should…
The Ministry of Justice has now published the Employment Tribunal Statistics for the period April to June 2018. Unsurprisingly, the number of single claims received at the Employment Tribunal has continued to rise, more than doubling in this quarter. The…
In the case of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust v Levy, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) examined the Claimant, Ms Levy’s, correspondence in order to determine whether or not it constituted her resignation. Ms Levy worked in the Respondent’s…
ACAS has this month released some new guidance for employers on providing references for job applicants. In general, an employer can choose whether to provide a reference or not and what information to include in that reference. Only certain industries…
