‘A cycle courier working for the delivery firm CitySprint has won the right to paid holidays and minimum pay in a key ruling on the gig economy.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A housekeeper who drove his millionaire bosses’ Porsche and had his boyfriend to stay at their home was unfairly sacked because his employers did not follow the correct procedures, a tribunal has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Church of England hospital chaplain has lost his claim that he was discriminated against when his licence to work was withdrawn after he married his same-sex partner, in a case that gay rights campaigners hoped would force the church to change its stance.’
The Guardian, 7th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘On 3 October 2016, the President of the Employment Tribunals, Judge Brian Doyle, issued presidential guidance on a newly introduced process of judicial assessment.’
Littleton Chambers, 18th November 2016
Source: www.littletonchambers.com
‘Ian Smith examines the recent cases that have been driving employment law.’
New Law Journal, 18th November 2016
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘Significant number of the self-employed are neither enjoying the advantages of self-employment nor benefiting from the rights associated with employment.’
The Independent, 21st November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has demonstrated a “signal breach of faith” in cutting the pensions of recently appointed judges, an employment tribunal has been told.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘… they do, however, faithfully and diligently discharge their office and can be, of course, in an employment relationship.’
Cloisters, 31st October 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The number of workers taking claims of unfair dismissal or discrimination to employment tribunals has slumped since charges came into force, a new study has revealed.’
The Independent, 4th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The number of workers taking claims of unfair dismissal or discrimination to employment tribunals has slumped since charges came into force, a study has revealed.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Much has been made of the new flexibilities the so-called ‘gig economy’ offers to businesses and workers. However, whether these flexibilities truly exist will depend on the actual relationship between the parties, as last week’s decision against Uber shows.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st October 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘An employment tribunal in London will decide whether Uber drivers should be treated as workers with basic employment rights, in a case that could affect tens of thousands of other people working across the gig economy.’
The Guardian, 28th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Seventeen care workers are alleging failure to be paid the minimum wage in the sector’s biggest ever legal claim.’
BBC News, 14th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New mothers are facing increasing discrimination when they take maternity leave including being made redundant and switched to zero-hours contracts.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A parish council discriminated against a councillor with visual impairment by failing to provide him with reading aids to carry out his duties. That finding has come following six employment tribunal hearings in Bedford and Huntingdon between November 2015 and May 2016 concerning former Brixworth parish councillor Stephen Pointer.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd August 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A long-awaited report on the future of civil courts has recommended a new online court for dealing with all monetary claims up to £25,000.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Sarah Fraser Butlin considers the most recent EAT judgment on the issue in Olayemi v Athena Medical Centre.’
Cloisters, 25th July 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘John Horan considers two recent cases that highlighted particular difficulties that disabled people face in obtaining a fair hearing before the courts. Both cases (Rackham v NHS Professionals Ltd and Galo v Bombardier Aerospace UK) provide a common-sense framework of considerations which a court or tribunal must bear in mind. The second, Galo, identifies the need for better training for judges and legal practitioners in Northern Ireland as to the requirements of disabled people.’
Cloisters, 19th July 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
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