by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 25, 2023 | News
ACAS has today launched a consultation on a draft Code of Practice on handling requests for a predictable working pattern. The Code of Practice will sit alongside the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 which received Royal Assent in September...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 20, 2023 | News
Was an employment tribunal correct, in a direct race discrimination claim, to treat a colleague who made a comment about her own race as an actual comparator of a Claimant who had made a comment about a colleague’s race? No, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT)...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 11, 2023 | News
A former Lidl employee has been awarded more than £50,000 after an employment tribunal found the store she worked at allowed a culture that tolerated inappropriate comments. Miss Hunter, who was a teenager when she worked at the supermarket chain’s store in...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 4, 2023 | News
Can employees claim for historic underpayments of holiday pay even if there are gaps of more than three months between deductions? Yes, held the Supreme Court in its long-awaited Judgment in Chief Constable of Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew. The Claimants...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 2, 2023 | News
Was an employment tribunal entitled to conclude that an intervening act by a third party in a whistleblowing detriment claim broke the chain of causation between the detriment to the Claimant and the losses suffered as a consequence? Not on the facts of this case,...
by Andrew Macmillan | Sep 26, 2023 | News
The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has received Royal Assent and is expected to come into force in September 2024. It introduces a new statutory right for workers to request a more predictable working pattern. Key points to note include: The...
