By way of an update, the case of British Gas v Lock [2016] has been heard by the Court of Appeal . You may recall my blog previously on the case following the European Ruling but can read this here. The Court of Appeal has upheld the EAT’s decision that EU law requires the Working […]
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Latest Tribunal Statistics
The Tribunal statistics for the period April – June 2016 have been released. They show a marginal drop in single claims compared to the same period last year (3%) and that there has been a further increase in multiple claims by 38% for the same period. Over 15,000 claims were issued in that three month […]
Failure to comply with ACAS EC requirements
Two recent decisions concerning failures to comply with the ACAS Early Conciliation procedures have been heard before the EAT. The first was the case of Sterling v United Learning Trust where the Claimant submitted her ET1 missing some digits from the EC number on the form. The form was returned by the Tribunal. Her representative […]
Failure to comply with ACAS EC requirements
Two recent decisions concerning failures to comply with the ACAS Early Conciliation procedures have been heard before the EAT. The first was the case of Sterling v United Learning Trust where the Claimant submitted her ET1 missing some digits from the EC number on the form. The form was returned by the Tribunal. Her representative […]
Criminal record checks without the CRB
Whilst the Information Commissioner’s Employment Code of Practice has actively discouraged it for some time, it will from the 10th March 2015 be a criminal offence for an employer to require job applicants or existing employees to obtain a copy of their criminal records by means of a data subject access request. Some employers required […]
Obesity could be a disability
The awaited European Court of Justice decision has arrived. This has confirmed that EU law does not prohibit discrimination on the grounds of obesity but that conditions associated with the obesity could amount to a disability. The case set out a test where the long-term physical, mental or psychological impairments may hinder the full and […]
Sick leave falling
The CIPD’s annual survey on sick leave has been published which shows that the average days taken as sick leave has fallen from 7.6 days last year to 6.6 days this year. This is good news for employers as a whole although all employers have their share of those that take very little sick leave […]
More employment legislation
Another Bill has been published, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill which makes changes to employment law. A number of new provisions are proposing to be introduced for employers and employment lawyers to get to grips with next. Firstly, the Bill defines a zero hours contracts and renders any clause which tried to stop the […]
Confidentiality in employment
In what appears to be one of the few times that a judge has felt justified in allowing the inspection and imaging of employees’ computers in the case of Warm Zones v Thurley and another, the High Court has ordered that an employer may instruct an independent computer expert to inspect and take images from […]
Asda faces equal pay claims
An equal pay test case has been brought by 414 employees of Asda. The Claimants who are mostly women assert that their store roles are of equal value to higher paid positions in the Asda distribution centres which are held by mainly men. The press reports are that the case is before the Tribunal over […]