Mobile technology allows some employees to complete tasks anywhere and with the increase in flexible working, some employers are downsizing office space and introducing hot-desking to save on costs. However, sometimes the space that people carve out in the office is territory that they wish to defend and people can get moody if their favourite […]
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To strike or not strike?
In what feels like the winter of discontent commuters across London remain impacted today by the tube strikes. This is of course not the first time over recent months that the London Underground has faced disruption due to strikes. There has also been trouble with rail with Southern Rail and also air travel with BA […]
Employment Law in 2017
Firstly, Happy New Year to all my followers. I hope 2017 is a year filled with happiness, prosperity and health – not necessarily in that order! 2017 was a great year in which we strengthened the support team and the support services. Excello won some awards and we had some great victories for clients whether […]
Sick leave and holiday pay
In Plumb v Duncan Print Group Ltd, the EAT has held that Reg 13(9) of the Working Time Regulations must be read to permit a worker to take annual leave within 18 months of the end of the leave year in which it accrued where he or she was unable or unwilling to take it […]
Employment law Glossary
I have started a new category of blogs in anticipation of the slower summer months when news stories relevant to employment law are less frequent. This will build into a question and answer resource dealing with the most common employment law terms and what they mean in plain English. Any terms anyone doesn’t understand feel […]
Responding to discrimination questions
The statutory discrimination questionnaires under the Equality Act 2010 will be replaced from 6th April 2014 with an informal approach to dealing with questions regarding discrimination in the workplace. ACAS has issued non-binding guidance for best practice on this area which can be found here
What to expect in 2014
Following on from my post last week on the busy 2013 there are more changes on the horizon in employment law for 2014. Again some of the highlights include: January 2014 – the planned changes to TUPE; April 2014 – mandatory pre-claim conciliation; April 2014 – financial penalties imposed in ET for employers; Spring […]
Employment Tribunal claims
Whilst the official figures are not released until December 2013, the Ministry of Justice has published provisional figures for employment tribunal claims received for the key period in the run up to and following the introduction of fees in July 2013. There was no significant change in the number of claims received of around 40,000 […]