Religion or Belief Discrimination

The Court of Appeal has handed down its highly-anticipated judgment in the case of Higgs v Farmor’s School. The case concerned a Christian Claimant who was a secondary school counsellor. She was dismissed for gross misconduct following Facebook posts she had...

Neonatal Care Leave and Pay

The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 comes into force on 6 April this year, providing eligible employees with a right to take up to 12 weeks’ leave where their child requires 7 (or more) days of continuous neonatal care starting within the first 28 days...

Employment Rights Bill

The latest version of the Employment Rights Bill has been published, incorporating recent changes made by amendment. More details will follow soon.

Neonatal Leave and Pay

The Department for Business and Trade have published a press release confirming that a day one right to neonatal leave for working families with babies in neonatal care will be introduced from 6th April this year. This news follows the passing of the Neonatal Care...

New Practice Statement Enables Legal Officers

This is important for those who have dealings in the employment tribunal system. A new Practice Statement issued by the Senior President of Tribunals authorises Legal Officers to carry out various judicial functions in employment tribunals. It allows Legal Officers...

Heath and Safety – Workplace Harassment

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Amendment) Bill proposes to expand employers’ health and safety duties, under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, to include preventing workplace harassment. Currently, the Act requires employers to ensure the health,...

Happy New Year 2025!

We hope you have had a restful break over the festive period and we are looking forward to another interesting year in the employment law world. Check in here regularly for updates and bulletins to keep abreast of all the latest changes as they happen.

Merry Christmas 2024

We would like to wish all our clients and contacts a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we look forward to helping you all in 2025!

Objections to a TUPE transfer

It’s been a while since the courts had to deal with a really difficult TUPE case but in a recent case called London United Busways v De Marchi the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the issue of statutory construction regarding the interplay between...