Employment news and case law

8 September, 2022

Number of employment tribunal cases outstanding continued to rise in first quarter of 2022/2023

New MoJ figures show that despite a decreasing number of receipts in the three months to June 2022, a lower number of disposals is driving increase in outstanding cases

5 September, 2022

Scottish Social Justice and Social Security Committee launches inquiry into child poverty and parental employment

Following early evidence sessions, Committee will launch a call for views in early 2023 on what employment support is available for groups who are at higher risk of poverty

5 September, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

2 September, 2022

Providing Employment Appeal Tribunals with the power to conduct hearings by means of electronic communication on a permanent basis

New statutory instrument

30 August, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

24 August, 2022

TUC calls for minimum wage to rise to £15 per hour by 2030

Government must also deliver a return to normal work growth so that 'workers get proper pay rises for the first time in over a decade'

22 August, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

15 August, 2022

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal 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

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