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The Employment Rights Bill is here – what does it mean for you?
Posted: 10/10/2024
The new government’s radical shake-up of UK employment laws has been much anticipated, with the Labour party manifesto heralding ‘the biggest upgrade to rights at work for a generation’. Labour had promised an Employment Rights Bill within its first 100 days in power, and on day 98 it duly delivered. Despite containing 28 proposals......>>
New duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment – are you prepared?
Posted: 07/10/2024
Tesco Stores Limited v USDAW and others – Supreme Court restores injunction preventing removal of pay allowance
Posted: 17/09/2024
A long-running dispute between major supermarket chain Tesco and a trade union has ended in a Supreme Court decision in favour of the union (and workers). The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) is a name familiar to those in the retail sector. The union was recognised by Tesco for the purposes of collective bargaining......>>
What can HR do to protect against the rising tide of data breaches and cyber-attacks?
Posted: 22/08/2024
Recent guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has shown substantial increases in breaches of employee data (at a five-year high to 2023), with ransomware attacks specifically showing the biggest rise. Many recent breaches were aided by human error or recklessness from employees, with some rare cases caused by malicious......>>
Employment Tribunal reporting - the facts behind the headlines
Posted: 15/08/2024
Cases involving employment law frequently make the news, and barely a week goes by without The Times publishing a story about some form of employment tribunal claim, often involving an element of discrimination or harassment. Usually, the story has a headline that is invariably described in the comments section as ‘clickbait’. So, how......>>

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Employment alert - 12 January 2023
What to expect in employment law in 2023. 12 months ago we published a similar article looking ahead to what 2022 might bring to the world of employment law. It is fair to say that while some predictions were borne out, 2022 also threw its fair share of curve balls.

Employment alert - 26 August 2022
A debate has long taken place in the higher tribunals and courts as to whether an employee is being dismissed for making a protected disclosure ('blowing the whistle') or for the unacceptable manner in which the employee did so. In this article, we look at the Court of Appeal’s decision in the case of Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited.

Employment alert - 8 April 2022
JP Morgan trader unfairly dismissed: how do employment tribunals align with FCA compliance considerations? Jones v JP Morgan Securities Plc (No.1) [2021] 6 WLUK 722.

Employment alert - 3 December 2021
The United Nations has designated 3 December as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in order to raise awareness about disability issues and mobilise support for greater equality. To mark this occasion, we comment on the recent case of Gray v University of Portsmouth.

Employment alert - 30 November 2021
Two months’ ago, we reviewed the case of Kong V Gulf International Bank, (click HERE) where the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) had to consider whether the ‘protected disclosure’ of a whistleblower was the reason for her dismissal. The EAT found that even though her protected disclosure was the reason for the poor treatment she received.

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