‘Drivers working for Bolt, the ride-hailing app operator, are seeking to be classed as workers rather than self-employed contractors at an employment tribunal.’
The Guardian, 11th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘During an average shift on the shop floor at Next, Helen Scarsbrook has to remain polite and keep smiling while she makes split-second judgments about which customers need help and which need to be tactfully discouraged from shoplifting and ushered out of the store.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Cleaners at a prestigious London private school have won their battle for improved pay and working conditions, as well as compensation for steep cuts in their hours, scrapping plans for industrial action that was due to have started next week.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An American singer has won a £20,000 payout after an independent music company failed to pay his wages and left him pleading for dinner money.’
BBC News, 22nd August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Law firm employees have succeeded in their employment tribunal claim over unauthorised deductions from their wages after the sole practitioner of the firm unexpectedly died.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th August 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) has expressed its “unease” at a “long-term decline” in quality ratings for new district and circuit judges as it recommended a 6% pay rise across the bench.’
Legal Futures, 31st July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The King’s Speech on 17 July 2024 announced the 35 Bills which are the legislative priority of the new Labour Government. Those relating to labour law are of particular interest to readers of this blog.’
UK Labour Law, 23rd July 2024
Source: uklabourlawblog.com
‘Costs lawyers have become a fundamental part of litigation teams and this needs to be recognised in the guideline hourly rates and with the ability to apply for judicial appointment, it has been argued.’
Legal Futures, 9th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The language services company contracted to provide courtroom services faces a fresh headache after it emerged that interpreters and translators are joining forces to potentially bring a group claim over employment rights.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th June 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A solicitor has been awarded damages of £26,475 after her law firm withdrew an offer of promotion and four weeks later summarily dismissed her because she was pregnant’
Legal Futures, 20th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On April 4, new salary thresholds for sponsored workers came into effect, as part of the wide-ranging changes to immigration rules that the government confirmed in March.’
EIN Blog, 17th June 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A law firm with nearly 50 people specialising in family and commercial work has seen fee income rise after introducing a four-day week.’
Legal Futures, 18th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court (Mrs Justice Dias) has handed down its first judgment concerning the Disguised Remuneration Repayment Scheme 2020 (DRRS), and in particular the proper interpretation of the requirement for “reasonable disclosure”. The Claimant, Sensor Solutions Ltd, challenged a decision of HMRC not to make payments to the Claimant under the DRRS.’
Devereux Chambers, 15th May 2024
Source: www.devereuxchambers.co.uk
‘Child maintenance refers to the financial support which is made by a parent towards a child’s living costs and expenses after the parents separate. It is usually an amount which is paid to the resident parent who cares for the child most of the time.’
Becket Chambers, 9th May 2024
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘In this immigration law update video, Adam Pipe examines the new financial (minimum income) requirement for partner visas and the transitional provisions. Adam goes through the Home Office’s April 2024 (Version 10.0) guidance on Appendix FM and Appendix HM Armed Forces: minimum income requirement.’
EIN Blog, 5th June 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘EJ Richard Wood held that the Airport had breached s.145B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 by offering pay increases directly to 9 members of Prospect, the trade union recognised by the Airport for collective bargaining purposes. The Tribunal’s judgment provides a helpful application of the interpretation of s. 145B in the Supreme Court’s decision in Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and ors [2021] UKSC 47 and the EAT’s decision in Ineos Infrastructure Grangemouth Ltd v Jones & ors and Ineos Chemicals Grangemouth Ltd v Arnott & ors [2022] EAT 82. Under s. 145B employers are prohibited from making offers to employees who are members of a recognised trade union which, if accepted, would have the result that one or more terms of their employment will not, or will no longer, be determined by collective bargaining (the “prohibited result”), if the employer’s sole or main purpose in making the offers is to achieve the prohibited result. Where liability is established, the ET must make a prescribed award (£4,554 at the time the claim was presented) to each member to whom the offer is made.’
Old Square Chambers, 24th April 2024
Source: oldsquare.co.uk
‘While we have recently seen significant increases to minimum income and salary requirements in several immigration routes (see our recent blog posts here and here), there is one small exception to the general trend: the Government has scrapped the requirement for Partner visa applicants to show additional funds for their child dependants, with effect from 11 April 2024.’
EIN Blog, 14th May 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘The Court of Appeal in SMIT Salvage BV v Luster Maritime SA [2024] EWCA Civ 260 has dismissed an appeal against the High Court’s decision that no contract was agreed for the remuneration of salvage services provided to refloat the ‘Ever Given’.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 9th April 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘As the Government Legal Department unveils its three-year business strategy, Treasury solicitor Susanna McGibbon expands on its goals of becoming a national GLD while offering rewarding careers.’
Law Society's Gazette, 30th April 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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