Well having been tipped off in advance that the Supreme Court was to hand down its Judgment in the Unison challenge to Tribunal fees, I was simply in the dark as to the news storm this would create. I will admit I was surprised that the Supreme Court decided that ET fees were unlawful. I […]
Month: July 2017
Uplift in discrimination cases
The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in the long running saga of whether or not we should be applying the 10% uplift in damages established by the Court of Appeal in Simmons v Castle in the employment tribunal. The case of De Souza v Vinci Construction (UK) Ltd was heard before the EAT […]
Volunteers in the workplace
Charities in particular can be vulnerable to employment claims as there is often a reluctance to formalise working relationships with volunteers. If a volunteer feels aggrieved they may try to assert that they have the status to bring a claim and without documentation formalising working arrangements charities are vulnerable to this. There has been much reported […]