Employment

Only 49 per cent of employees who win at employment tribunals have been paid in full by employer

New Department for Business, Innovation & Skills survey also finds that nearly half of successful claimants had to resort to enforcement before receiving any payment.

Number of young women in low-paid jobs trebled between 1993 and 2011

New TUC report, 'The Gender Jobs Split', reveals how gender still plays a huge part in determining young people’s careers.

Employment Law Update

Issue 157 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.

New cross-government support strategy for care leavers

Strategy, launched today, will ensure that all government action across every department 'is working with one single, united purpose to improve the lives of these vulnerable young people', says Children and Families Minister

17 per cent of workers on national minimum wage stuck at that level for at least five years

New Resolution Foundation report also finds that almost three-quarters of these workers are women.

Employment case law round up

120 care providers to be investigated by HMRC for paying less than minimum wage

Head of Low Pay Commission also tells the Guardian that cuts in funding means that councils are cutting the rates that they paid care companies to wash, feed and dress the elderly and frail.

60 per cent of women surveyed have faced sexual harassment at work

New research by law firm Slater & Gordon finds that sexist attitudes and inappropriate behaviour still rife in the workplace.

Statistics on employment tribunal receipts following introduction of fees

New Ministry of Justice figures show average monthly receipts for January to May 2013 at 17,000, with spike to 25,000 in June and further 17,000 in July prior to the introduction of fees on 29 July, followed by 7,000 receipts in August and 14,000 in September.

Triennial review of ACAS concludes that its functions are still required

Written statement to parliament also confirms government view that non-departmental public body remains the best way to deliver those functions.

Employment case law round up

JJ Food Service Ltd v Zulhayir

[2013] EWCA Civ 1226

Government says it stands by commitment that nobody should have to sell home to pay for care

Guardian reports Downing Street spokesman as saying that proposal to exempt people with assets of more than £23,250 on top of the value of their home from scheme to defer costs of long-term was a 'starting point'.

Employment Law Update

Issue 156 of Garden Court Chambers' Employment Law Bulletin is now available.

Abercrombie & Ors v AGA Rangemaster Ltd

[2013] EWCA Civ 1148

Lockwood v Department of Work and Pensions & Anor

[2013] EWCA Civ 1195

Employment case law round up