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 […]
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Uber workers the facts
The press went mad when the Employment Tribunal judgment in the Uber case was released and since then I have heard many misquotes and myths. Firstly, as one huge press organisation wrongly stated the Uber drivers were not found to be employees. They were in fact found to be workers. This is the middle ground […]
Amendment to a claim does not require another ACAS EC certificate
In Science Warehouse Ltd v Mills, the EAT has held that a claimant was not required to go through the ACAS early conciliation (EC) procedure for an amendment to a claim in respect of a new claim she wishes to add to her existing claim. The Claimant wished to add a victimisation claim to her […]
Working time for mobile workers
The ECJ has handed down its decision in the case of Federacion de Servicios Privados del sindicato Comisiones Obreras v Tyco Integrated Security SL and another concerning employees who do not have a fixed place of work and spend time travelling between sites and whether this is working time within the meaning of the Directive. […]
Agency Worker’s Rights to be informed about vacancies
The Employment Appeal Tribunal in the recent case of Coles -v- Ministry of Defence has held that Regulation 13 of the Agency Workers’ Regulations 2010 does not prevent the company giving preference for vacant posts to permanent employees in need of redeployment. Regulation 13 of the Agency Workers’ Regulations 2010 gives agency workers the right […]
Failure to provide employee liability information under TUPE
An employment tribunal has ordered a transferee to pay compensation of £65,500, representing £500 for each of 131 employees, to a transferor for failure to provide employee liability information in breach of regulation 11 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 in the case of Eville & Jones (UK) Ltd v Grants […]