With an in-out EU referendum set to take place on 23 June 2016, we consider some of the possible areas for change in UK employment law. It may be that for those voting “out” the point is not what may change but simply that… Read More

The Government has released the latest list of 92 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage to the tune of £1,873,712.   The list covers many different kinds of businesses but noticeable is the… Read More

Although employees do not have a right to take time off for jury service, they are protected from being dismissed or subjected to a detriment as a result of that jury service (which is almost but not really the same thing). An… Read More

When being made redundant, employees with 2 years’ continuous service are entitled to a Statutory Redundancy Payment.  The amount paid will depend on their age, length of service (capped at 20 years’ service) and weekly pay (capped… Read More

The coffee chain Starbucks made headline news this month for being on the wrong side of an interesting disability discrimination decision in the Employment Tribunal. Employee Meseret Kumulchew suffers from dyslexia and has trouble… Read More

A recent news story has revealed that the father of a child has been judged to have committed sexual abuse on his young daughter shortly before her death; despite there having been no criminal proceedings brought against him and despite… Read More

For a conduct dismissal to be fair an employer must (at the time of dismissal): Believe the employee to be guilty of misconduct;Have reasonable grounds for believing the employee was guilty of that misconduct;Have carried out as much… Read More

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Improper use of email and the internet by employees can lead to issues ranging from job performance problems, damage to business reputation, loss of business and all manner of other offences. It is only natural that employers will want to… Read More

As many head back to work this week after the Christmas and New Year break the first Monday of the first working week has been labelled by the media as Divorce Day for some years the day when enquiries about divorce are said to be at their… Read More