Employment news and case law

16 January, 2023

Regulatory Policy Committee issues statement on the lack of an impact assessment for the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Government is 'shortcutting normal scrutiny procedures', TUC says as it calls on MPs of all parties to reject 'this spiteful legislation'

11 January, 2023

TUC vows to fight new public services strike legislation ‘every step of the way’

The right to strike is a fundamental British liberty, but the government is attacking it in broad daylight, says General Secretary

11 January, 2023

Miscellaneous changes in relation to the controls on migrant access to employment and the duty on employers to carry out right to work checks

New statutory instrument

10 January, 2023

Government introduces legislation to allow it to set minimum levels of service during public services strikes

'We do not want to have to use this legislation unless we have to, but we must ensure the safety of the British public', says Business Secretary

9 January, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

5 January, 2023

Government’s plans for legislation to ‘attack the right to strike’ will make it harder for disputes to be resolved, says TUC

Proposals for public services to have to maintain a basic function and deliver minimum safety levels during industrial action are 'wrong, unworkable, and almost certainly illegal'

3 January, 2023

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

22 December, 2022

Economy and Fair Works Committee launches inquiry into the disability employment gap in Scotland

Views sought on how to identify and address barriers that limit the ability of disabled people to get and keep a job

21 December, 2022

Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill receives its first reading in House of Commons

Private Members' Bill makes provision about shared parental leave and pay in specific cases where one or both of a child’s parents has died

21 December, 2022

Court of Appeal upholds Employment Tribunal decision that rejected 'automatic' dismissal claim made by claimant who had left his workplace believing he was in 'serious and imminent danger' from Covid-19

Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1659

19 December, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

16 December, 2022

Exemption of Members of the Scottish Parliament from requirement to report annually about public interest disclosures which they receive from workers

New statutory instrument

15 December, 2022

Permission granted for judicial review challenge to regulations allowing agency workers to fill in for striking workers

TUC also confirms that it has reported government to UN workers’ rights watchdog on basis that regulations breach international law

12 December, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

12 December, 2022

Scottish Government launches refreshed Fair Work Action Plan incorporating plans to tackle gender pay gap and disability employment gap alongside a new Anti-Racist Employment Strategy

Refreshed Plan aims to drive the government's ambition 'that everyone can thrive in a diverse, safe and inclusive workplace'

9 December, 2022

Government acts to increase hearing capacity in the Employment Tribunal

£2.85 million investment will allow up to 1,700 more cases to come before judges by the end of March 2023

7 December, 2022

Court of Appeal dismisses claimant’s victimisation claim, holding that it fell within meaning of a settlement agreement for discrimination that took place four years earlier

Arvunescu v Quick Release (Automotive) Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1600

6 December, 2022

Bill providing the right to request more predictable terms and conditions of employment receives first reading in House of Commons

Private Members' Bill also proposes amendment of the definition of 'worker'