Our annual employment law update is back for 2022! This is a seminar format aimed at more experienced personnel with HR responsibilities who want to update themselves on recent changes in the law and future changes anticipated. Delivered by: Sarah King, experienced Employment law solicitor and Judge Join us on: Tuesday 13th September 2022 9.30am […]
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Employment law update 2020 – 5th February 2020
As we bring in a new decade, we take some time to review some key developments in the last decade in employment law. We will look at technological advances and their HR impact. We will review the current position on status and holiday pay. We will provide an insight into the Tribunal system. As well […]
Unpaid director and shareholder was an employee
The Court of Appeal has upheld the Tribunal’s decision that a director and shareholder was an employee and a worker within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996. This was notwithstanding the fact that the director had performed part-time work for the company without pay for over three years. The fact that the parties […]
Employment Status
Two recent cases have impacted on the law of employment status. Firstly, in the case of Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills v Knight, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employee for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996 did not have to receive pay in order to gain that status. […]
Is a consultant a worker or an employee or neither?
Whilst fact sensitive, the EAT has upheld the Tribunal’s decision in Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd (t/a World Duty Free) and another 2013, that a beauty consultant was not in employment under the Equality Act 2010 s83. The Claimant provided her services through a limited company to an agent who then supplied staff to a […]
Employee status for shareholders
The Employment Rights Act will be amended from 1st September 2013 to include a new employment status of employee shareholder to sit along side the existing statuses of self-employed, worker and employee. Whether there is such a demand for employee shareholders remains to be seen. It is a case of watch this space.