“A legal challenge is being brought against retail giant Sports Direct over the use of zero hours contracts among its staff.”
The Independent, 7th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It would be wrong for businesses to be barred from contracting with workers on ‘zero hours’ terms, an employment law expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Without prejudice, legislative obit, mum’s the word & child support facelift.”
New Law Journal, 19th July 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Hay and others v Gilgrove Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 412; [2013] WLR (D) 220
“On the true construction of a collective agreement incorporated into the claimants’ contracts all who performed the role of a market porter, whether registered or unregistered, were entitled to share equally in ‘porterage’ charges made by the employer to customers for the movement of goods.”
WLR Daily, 26th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The rules governing when and how an employer will be able to use a confidential
pre-termination settlement agreement to bring an employee contract to an end are
more complicated than they first appear, an expert has said.”
OUT-law.com, 11th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Former employees of companies that use trade secrets to develop products cannot automatically be found to have acted in breach of confidence if they are involved in rival operations that exploit the protected information, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former employee who started a business which developed a product using her former employers’ trade secrets was not liable for breach of confidence in circumstances where she neither knew the identity of those secrets nor that they were being used to develop the new product.”
WLR Daily, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court, 22nd May 2013
“The Supreme Court held in The President of the Methodist Conference v Preston that a Methodist minister was not an employee and therefore had no claim for unfair dismissal.”
Employment Law Blog, 20th May 2013
Source: www.employment11kbw.com
Attrill and others v Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd and another: [2013] EWCA Civ 394; [2013] WLR (D) 156
“A unilateral promise to pay discretionary bonuses introduced into a pre-existing contractual relationship was legally binding.”
WLR Daily, 26th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Where a part-time locum doctor, as a step towards achieving a consultant’s post, took a one-year full time training post at a lower rate of pay but under the relevant NHS terms and conditions was entitled to pay protection, that entitlement was not limited to preserving her previous annual earnings but required her employer to pay all her new full-time hours at an hourly-rate equivalent to her previous part-time work.”
WLR Daily, 24th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“‘Employee shareholder’ proposals are set to become law after the House of Lords
accepted further concessions which will see individuals required to obtain
advice from a ‘relevant independent advisor’ before entering into a contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Barts and the London NHS Trust (Respondent) v Verma (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 20 | UKSC 2011/0246 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 24th April 2013
George v Ministry of Justice [2013] EWCA Civ 324; [2013] WLR (D) 144
“A provision in a collective agreement allowing for time off in lieu within a specified period where a prison officer was requested to work extra hours was not contractual.”
WLR Daily, 17th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Almost 5,000 council workers and civil servants across Britain have been gagged, The Telegraph has learned. But what are gagging orders and how do they work?”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former head of Haringey Council children’s services has returned to court over her sacking following the death of Baby P.”
BBC News, 13th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Geys v Société Générale, London Branch [2012] UKSC 63; [2012] WLR (D) 394
“An immediate and express repudiation of a contract of employment only terminated the contract if and when the other party elected to accept the repudiation.”
WLR Daily, 19th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“What changes can workers expect from their employers in the coming year? Employment law expert Edward Goodwyn of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, looks ahead to some significant changes.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“In Imam-Sadeque –v- Bluebay Asset Management (Services) Ltd Popplewell J had to consider the scope of an employee’s duty of fidelity.”
Employment Law Blog, 13th December 2012
Source: www.employment11kbw.com
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