by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 2, 2023 | News
New legislation has come into force which means that criminal convictions become spent after a shorter time, reducing the period that individuals are legally required to declare them to their employers. Section 193 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 1, 2023 | News
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 has received Royal Assent, and will come into force in October 2024. This is an important piece of new legislation when it comes to sexual harassment litigation. In short, from next year all employers...
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...
by Andrew Macmillan | Sep 20, 2023 | News
Can the termination of employment on ill-health grounds be regarded as termination by mutual consent, rather than dismissal? Potentially yes, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Riley v Direct Line Insurance Group. The Claimant had Autism Spectrum...
by Andrew Macmillan | Sep 14, 2023 | News
The House of Lords has amended the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill to remove the proposed third party harassment provisions. Following a debate in July 2023, the Bill has been republished with the original clause 1 (which dealt with third party...
