October 14th, 2022
When there is a TUPE transfer, all of the transferor’s (the original employer) rights, powers, duties and liabilities connected to the transferring employee’s contract of employment transfer to the transferee...
October 14th, 2022
Section 123(1) of the Equality Act 2010 says that discrimination claims must be brought within three months of the alleged discriminatory act or such other period that the tribunal thinks...
October 14th, 2022
We have posted a separate bulletin relating to the Supreme Court decision on Holiday Pay. Employees are entitled to 5.6 weeks’ holiday under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR). Calculating...
October 14th, 2022
Can continued lateness justify dismissal? The EAT in Tijani v The House of Commons Commission held that it could. The employee had been a cleaner at the House of Commons...
October 14th, 2022
Acas has published new guidance for employers on using the right to suspend as part of a disciplinary process. Suspension is often touted as a neutral act – to maintain...
October 14th, 2022
Last month saw the tabling in the House of Commons of the EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. If brought into force, the Bill provides that all EU derived legislation...
October 4th, 2022
The Supreme Court has recently decided (in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel) that the method usually used in the past (for instance by ACAS) to calculate holiday pay for...
November 10th, 2021
Most employers have long been alive to issues of diversity in business in terms of protected characteristics such as race, sex and disability. But what about class? Socio-economic grouping is...
November 10th, 2021
Unlike most forms of direct discrimination, direct age discrimination can be justified as a proportionate way of achieving a legitimate business aim. Employers must now justify any retirement policy which...
November 10th, 2021
Direct discrimination can occur when the reason for the less favourable treatment is the protected characteristic of someone with whom the employee associates, for example a parent’s association with their...