Employment Law Brief - 27 January 2012

Carrying out client wishes does not guarantee protection from unfair dismissal claims

An employer, in giving effect to a client request, was held to have failed in its duties towards a reservist employee when he returned from Afghanistan in the recent case of Leveratt v Mitie Security (London) Ltd . Mr...

Vicarious liability for violence inflicted by employees

Weddall v Barchester Healthcare and Wallbank v Wallbank Fox Designs Ltd involved employees suffering injury as a result of attacks by fellow employees on work premises where those attacks arose out of lawful instructions from the employers....

Is a university sponsorship contract a contract of employment?

The Employment Appeal Tribunal in GE Caledonian v. McCandliss recently held that a university sponsorship contract was not a contract of employment. Mr McCandliss undertook an engineering apprenticeship with GE from...

Revised parental leave directive to be implemented in UK in March 2013

The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have confirmed that an increase in parental leave from 3 to 4 months will be implemented in March 2013, rather than this year. The EU Council of Ministers adopted...