Employment news and case law

8 August, 2022

Preparation and use of witness statements in Employment Tribunal proceedings in Scotland

New Practice Direction and Presidential Guidance applies to all hearings scheduled to take place on or after 1 October 2022

8 August, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

1 August, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

28 July, 2022

Omission of menopause as a protected characteristic under Equality Act is ‘no longer tenable’, MPs say

Select Committee also calls on government to pilot a 'menopause leave' policy with a view to rolling out to more employers after evaluation

26 July, 2022

New employment status guidance issued as government seeks to avoid ‘risks associated with legislative reform’

Guidance issued as alternative to legislation to improve the clarity of employment status tests promised in 2018 Good Work Plan

22 July, 2022

Allowing employment businesses to provide agency workers to perform duties of workers taking part in an official strike or other official industrial action

New legislation introduced at speed in light of 'militant trade union action threatening to bring vital public services to a standstill', says Business Secretary

20 July, 2022

Supreme Court rules that ‘part-year’ worker’s holiday pay should be calculated without reference to periods not worked

Harpur Trust (Appellants) v Brazel (Respondent) [2022] UKSC 21

20 July, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that a tribunal was entitled to reach conclusion that a claimant's conduct when making protected disclosures was separable from the protected disclosures themselves when establishing employer's principal reason for dismissal

Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 941

18 July, 2022

Government rejects call to implement Equality Act ‘combined discrimination’ provisions to provide better legal protection for those experiencing menopause at work

Instead, government says that claims relying on single characteristics of sex, age or disability will provide protection against unfair treatment of employees going through the menopause

18 July, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

15 July, 2022

Court of Appeal rules that Tesco was entitled to terminate employees’ contracts and then re-engage them on terms that did not include earlier agreement on pay

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers & Ors v Tesco Stores Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 978

15 July, 2022

Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill receives second reading in the Commons

In addition to leave and pay, Bill also includes provision to ensure that parents have the same employment protections as those associated with other forms of family-related leave

15 July, 2022

Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill receives second reading in the Commons

Measures in Bill include the right to see employer's tipping records and to take claim to Employment Tribunal where rules not followed

15 July, 2022

Amendment of provisions relating to the terms and conditions of employment of agricultural workers in Wales

New statutory instrument

12 July, 2022

TUC’s call for MPs to reject ‘pernicious’ anti-union measures that allow the use of agency workers during strikes fails to prevent approval of new legislation

Following Commons debate on the draft regulations to bring in the measures, MPs vote to approve them by 289 votes to 202

11 July, 2022

Employment

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Preparation and use of witness statements in Employment Tribunal proceedings in Scotland

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Omission of menopause as a protected characteristic under Equality Act is ‘no longer tenable’, MPs say

New employment status guidance issued as government seeks to avoid ‘risks associated with legislative reform’

Allowing employment businesses to provide agency workers to perform duties of workers taking part in an official strike or other official industrial action

New legislation introduced at speed in light of 'militant trade union action threatening to bring vital public services to a standstill', says Business Secretary

Supreme Court rules that ‘part-year’ worker’s holiday pay should be calculated without reference to periods not worked

Court of Appeal rules that a tribunal was entitled to reach conclusion that a claimant's conduct when making protected disclosures was separable from the protected disclosures themselves when establishing employer's principal reason for dismissal

Government rejects call to implement Equality Act ‘combined discrimination’ provisions to provide better legal protection for those experiencing menopause at work

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

Court of Appeal rules that Tesco was entitled to terminate employees’ contracts and then re-engage them on terms that did not include earlier agreement on pay

Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill receives second reading in the Commons

Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill receives second reading in the Commons

Amendment of provisions relating to the terms and conditions of employment of agricultural workers in Wales

TUC’s call for MPs to reject ‘pernicious’ anti-union measures that allow the use of agency workers during strikes fails to prevent approval of new legislation

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

New Bill introduced to make provision for paid leave for people who have experienced miscarriage

TUC calls on government to recognise long Covid as a disability