Workers whose contracts are shifted from one employer to another are protected by law against the consequences of commercial deals over which they have no control. However, the complications involved in such transfers were highlighted by the case of a…
In whistleblowing cases, the employee’s state of mind is the decisive factor and that was certainly so in the case of a college lecturer who was dismissed after being accused of making groundless allegations against a colleague. The lecturer faced…
Anyone tempted to vent their spleen against their employer on the Internet should take careful note of a case in which a canal worker was sacked after using a string of offensive expletives to describe his supervisors on Facebook. The…
The Rugby World Cup 2015 commences on Friday, 18 September 2015, with a match between England and Fiji, with the final due to be played at Twickenham on 31 October 2015. Employers who have not already done so should ensure…
In a groundbreaking decision which will benefit hundreds of thousands of employees who have no fixed place of work and travel directly between their homes and customers’ premises, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that time spent on…
The Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, has launched an investigation into abuse of tipping, as part of the Government's initiative to make sure workers are paid fairly. The announcement follows recent media reports that some major restaurant chains are withholding a…
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has published three guides, aimed at employers and employees, on ensuring equality of treatment in the workplace. These are: Equality and discrimination: understand the basics. This outlines what employers and employees and their…
Poaching of key staff is a perennial problem for service companies. In a recent dispute between two insurance broking firms, a firm which had the bulk of a specialist insurance team 'poached' by a competitor went to court to prevent…
When Employment Tribunal (ET) fees were introduced in July 2013, the public service trade union Unison was quick to challenge the lawfulness of the new regime on the basis that it would make it 'virtually impossible, or excessively difficult' for…
The wheels of justice have a reputation for moving slowly, but a case in which three directors quit a technology company, taking a cohort of its strategic staff with them before setting up in rivalry, showed just how quickly the…
