by Andrew Macmillan | Aug 15, 2024 | News
In the recent case of Wharton, an employment tribunal dismissed the Claimant’s claims for unlawful deduction from wages on the basis that the claim form was presented out of time. The Claimant had claimed deductions from notice pay and holiday pay. The tribunal held...
by Andrew Macmillan | Aug 9, 2024 | News
The Government has confirmed that it will repeal the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023. The Act allowed regulations to be introduced on an industry-specific basis, setting out required minimum service levels to be maintained during strike-action. Regulations...
by Andrew Macmillan | Aug 6, 2024 | News
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 and its accompanying statutory Code of Practice will come into force on 1 October 2024. This was confirmed by commencement regulations for the Act and Code of Practice which were laid before Parliament recently. Key...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jul 30, 2024 | News
In the recent case of Augustine v Data Cars, the Claimant was a part-time taxi driver. He was required to pay a flat weekly circuit fee of £148 to the Respondent. The same fee was payable by all drivers, regardless of the hours they worked. The Claimant alleged...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jul 24, 2024 | News
The new statutory Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement came into force on 18 July 2024. More commonly known as the Code of Practice on ‘fire and re-hire’, there is no stand-alone claim for breach of its provisions. However, the Code must be taken into...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jul 17, 2024 | News
In this morning’s King’s Speech, Labour set out the legislative agenda for their first months in government. The King’s Speech itself made passing reference to “legislation to ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights”. The Prime Minister’s briefing...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jul 11, 2024 | News
So, as predicted, Labour won a thumping majority on 4 July and most businesses are now anxiously waiting to see if and when they will face the force of expected new employment laws. Our guess is that the manifesto pledge to “introduce legislation within 100...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jul 10, 2024 | News
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a consultation on proposed amendments to its guidance on preventing workplace sexual harassment. The amendments take the form of a new section of guidance, dealing with the changes in law under the Worker...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jul 2, 2024 | News
In a recent case called Taylor’s Services Limited, zero-hours workers travelled to farms around the country providing poultry services. They were picked up by their employer’s minibus from their home addresses. HMRC issued a notice of underpayments of national...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jun 25, 2024 | News
In a recent case called Valimulla v Al Khair Foundation, the Claimant worked as a liaison officer covering the North-West of England. There were other employees who carried out a similar role in other geographic locations. Work for liaison officers decreased across...
