News Category: Employment

23 November 2017

Research shows that drug and alcohol abuse are ever-increasing problems in the workplace. It is no longer uncommon for an employee to alert their employer to an addiction, or for employers or the workplace at large to believe that an employee is misusing drugs or alcohol. Read more

23 November 2017

In Royal Mail Limited v Jhuti, the Court of Appeal has considered the extent to which a tribunal can infer knowledge onto a decision maker in an automatically unfair dismissal claim, when that dismissing officer was not aware of the employee’s whistleblowing at the time of dismissal. Read more

21 August 2017

On 26 July 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that employment tribunal fees were unlawful and had acted as a barrier to access to justice. Read more

3 March 2017

Our popular annual employment update breakfast is taking place from 7.45am on Wednesday 29 March 2017 at The Targetfollow Room, Theatre Royal, Norwich NR2 1RL. Read more

23 February 2017

K is an engineering, technology and services company focusing on work in the oil and gas industry. They previously had two offices that employees worked out of; Greenford and Leatherhead. The claimants, F and E, worked out of the Greenford office for the duration of their employment. Read more

3 February 2017

In Stratford v Auto Trail VR Ltd UKEAT/0116/16 the Employment Appeals Tribunal considered whether an employer taking account of a history of expired warnings meant that the employee's dismissal was unfair. Read more

3 November 2016

In G4S and Powell, the EAT considered the extent to which an employer has a duty to protect pay as part of an array of reasonable adjustments for employees considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010. Read more

15 August 2016

The Home Office has issued new guidance to employers on right to work checks in light of the new illegal working offences under the Immigration Act 2016 coming into force on 12 July 2016. Read more

12 August 2016

In Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP ("FFT") v Bailey, the EAT reviewed the admissibility of pre-termination settlement negotiations when the case included a claim for discrimination alongside unfair dismissal. Read more

12 August 2016

In Phoenix House Ltd v Stockman, the EAT approached the subject of the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures ("the Code") once again, this time specifically in relation to dismissals for Some Other Substantial Reason ("SOSR"). The dismissal was by reason of a breakdown in the working relationship. Read more