Employment tribunal fees branded a disgrace by unions – The Guardian
“The government announced on Friday the introduction of a fee of up to £1,200 for taking claims to an employment tribunal.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: employment tribunals
Employment tribunal fees set to encourage mediation and arbitration – Ministry of Justice
“Employment tribunal fees will be tailored to encourage businesses and workers to mediate or settle a dispute rather than go to a full hearing from summer 2013.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Facilities staff will not automatically transfer under TUPE if client changes at the same time as service provider, tribunal confirms – OUT-LAW.com
“Regulations designed to protect employees when the company they work for is taken over by a new owner will not apply where the contractor providing business services changes at the same time as the client for whom those services are being carried out, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Tribunal backlog hits record as cases ‘stem job creation’, says Beecroft – Daily Telegraph
“The employment tribunal backlog is at a record high, figures show, as venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft warns the fear of being sued is stopping companies from creating jobs.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tribunals could be able to order companies guilty of “systemic discrimination” to carry out equal pay audits – OUT-LAW.com
“Employment tribunals will be able to order companies who lose sex discrimination cases to disclose the gap in pay between their male and female employees under plans announced by the Equalities Minister.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Appeal tribunal slaps down serial employment litigant – Law Society’s Gazette
“A litigant who began 31 sets of employment tribunal proceedings over 28 months has been told he can bring no more cases without the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s express permission.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th June 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Government proposes extended settlement agreements which will be inadmissible in tribunals – OUT-LAW.com
“The extended use of settlement agreements, which will make it easier for employers to remove underperforming workers in exchange for a pay-off, has been proposed Business Secretary Vince Cable.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Teacher wins pregnancy sacking case – The Independent
“An art teacher at an independent girls’ school who was sacked after becoming pregnant has won her case of unfair dismissal.”
The Independent, 6th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
NHS Trust rapped on knuckles for refusing to reinstate union activist – UK Human Rights Blog
“R(on the application of Yunus Bakhsh) v Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust [2012] EWHC 1445 (Admin). This fascinating short judgment explores the extent to which a judicial review claim, or a free-standing claim under the Human Rights Act, may be precluded by a statute covering the same issue.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
High Court Litigation Commercial Bargains and the Common Law – 11 KBW
“Employment litigation in the High Court is one of the most interesting and dynamic areas of practice. The cases tend to be fought at the point where countervailing currents commercial law and employment law meet and many of the cases turn on resolving the tension between the bargain struck between commercial men and the implied term of trust and confidence. That tension presents an opportunity for the creative and a pitfall for the unwary.”
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11 KBW, 28th May 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Employees must be part of a “deliberate” grouping to transfer under TUPE, tribunal says – OUT-LAW.com
“Individuals who spend all their time working for a single client will not necessarily form part of an ‘organised grouping of employees’ whose employment will transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations when their work is taken back in-house, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Equality reforms cut burden on business – Home Office
“Employers have been given a boost as a new approach to equality cuts through red tape.”
Home Office, 15th May 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Multimillionaire sacked his driver for giving Labrador a bone – Daily Telegraph
“The driver sacked by a multimillionaire racehorse owner for feeding a piece of leftover lamb to an ailing Labrador last night won his claim for unfair dismissal.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Employment tribunals cannot apportion liability in discrimination claims where more than one party is at fault – OUT-LAW.com
“Employment tribunals do not have the jurisdiction to apportion liability for compensation in discrimination claims where more than one party is at fault, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lap dancer wins landmark employment ruling – The Independent
“A lap dancer has won the right to be considered an employee in a decision that could affect thousands of performers in the industry.”
The Independent, 27th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Employment cannot transfer automatically from one employer to another without a relevant TUPE transfer – OUT-LAW.com
“An individual’s employment cannot be automatically transferred to another employer without following the proper procedures under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations, a tribunal has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Employment tribunals: Government considers overhaul – BBC News
“It is a typical day of employment tribunal hearings – but the rules are set to change as the government considers an overhaul of proceedings in these courts.”
BBC News, 5th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Trade unionists win ‘racist’ monkey cartoon case – Daily Telegraph
“Four trade-unionists who were accused of racism after drawing a satirical cartoon of the three wise monkeys who ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ have won a four-and-a-half year legal battle.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Blacklisted building workers hope for day in court after ruling – The Guardian
“The Consulting Association, a shadowy organisation that compiled a list of ‘troublemakers’ — with the help of the security services — for Britain’s biggest building companies was closed four years ago. Only now can its 3,200 victims go to court and hope to win.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Groups of employees must act on behalf of a particular client to be protected by TUPE, tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com
“The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) held that in order to be considered an ‘organised grouping of employees’ under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE), workers with the Eddie Stobart haulage company had to be organised according to the requirements of the client. It was not enough that, although the workers principally carried out activities on behalf of that client, they were organised according to their shifts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
