In Thomas v BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory and Property Management UK Ltd, the EAT has confirmed that a "perfunctory and insensitive" consultation process can impact on the fairness of a redundancy dismissal.
The government has launched a consultation to obtain views on the draft regulations for the calculation, payment and reporting of the apprenticeship levy which comes into effect in April 2017.
The vote to leave the EU on 23 June 2016 does not of itself change anything for EEA nationals currently living and exercising a Treaty Right in the UK.
The Court of Appeal has now passed down its judgment in Lock v British Gas on whether the four weeks' of statutory holiday pay derived from European law should include an element of results-based commission.
The government has announced its intention to reform the rules which apply to recruitment businesses supplying personal service company contractors into public sector bodies
The government has launched a call for evidence asking for views on the impact and use of non-compete clauses to consider whether action is needed to restrict their use to ensure the UK's labour market is competitive, flexible and effective.
There have been a number of recent cases about how holiday pay should be calculated for those workers with variable pay (for example recruitment consultants who work overtime or receive commissions on their placements).
With effect from 6 April 2016, contractors engaged by an employment intermediary will find it more difficult to claim tax and National Insurance relief on their travel and subsistence expenses.
In October, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) declared the Safe Harbour scheme invalid. The scheme was one of the principal basis upon which UK organisations transferred data to the US in compliance with the Data Protection Act (DPA).
Under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA), most large UK recruitment businesses must now prepare and publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement.
