Employment news and case law

22 March, 2024

Minimum service levels during strikes for fire and rescue authorities in England

New statutory instrument provides that, where emergency response is assessed as needed, it must be provided as if strike was not taking place

20 March, 2024

Minimum wage rates for agricultural workers in Scotland 2024/2025

New statutory instrument

19 March, 2024

Uprating of minimum agricultural wage rates in Wales for 2024/2025

New statutory instrument revokes and replaces previous Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order

18 March, 2024

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

18 March, 2024

Northern Ireland Court of Appeal finds tribunal’s decision to uphold the dismissal of a postal worker, that was clearly a gross over reaction to the worker’s very limited wrongdoing, was ‘perverse’

Colhoun v Royal Mail Group Ltd [2023] NICA 88

14 March, 2024

Amendment of Employment Tribunals Rules in preparation for full implementation of new digital case management system

New statutory instrument

11 March, 2024

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

8 March, 2024

Amendments to paternity leave provisions, including extension of period in which leave can be taken to 52 weeks

Changes made by new statutory instrument also include allowing leave to be taken in two non-consecutive weeks

7 March, 2024

Court of Appeal rules that lecturer’s disability was not the cause of university’s refusal to promote him and so no discrimination arose

Pipe v Coventry University Higher Education Corporation [2024] EWCA Civ 191

7 March, 2024

Northern Ireland Court of Appeal rules that Industrial Tribunal’s determination that a claimant was not disabled, as defined by the DDA 1995, was inconsistent with and contradictory of the evidence before it

Kelly v Department for Communities & Anor [2023] NICA 91

5 March, 2024

Extending statutory protection from redundancy for employees who are on maternity, adoption or shared parental leave

New statutory instrument

4 March, 2024

Statutory entitlement to a week of unpaid carer’s leave from day one of employment

New statutory instruments

4 March, 2024

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

1 March, 2024

Amendment of Picketing Code of Practice to reflect how new anti-strikes regime affects unions that fail to take reasonable steps to comply with work notice requirements

New statutory instrument brings revised Code into operation on 11 March 2024

26 February, 2024

Government urged to reconsider its plans to reintroduce employment tribunal fees

Unions, lawyers and rights groups warn that change will deter many from lodging claims and give a green light to bad employers to exploit workers

26 February, 2024

Increase of limits applying to certain awards of employment tribunals and other sums payable under employment legislation in Great Britain

New statutory instrument

26 February, 2024

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

22 February, 2024

Equality and Human Rights Commission reminds employers of their legal obligations to protect women experiencing menopause in the workplace

New guidance confirms that disability discrimination claims can be brought against employers if they do not comply with their Equality Act 2010 duties