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The Ministry of Justice has published statistics for all types of tribunal claims from April to June 2015. The report shows a continued decrease in the number of claims compared to last year.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that there need only be a 'loose' causal link between a person's disability and any unfavourable treatment in order for a discrimination arising from disability claim to be established.
A recent case has looked at the extent to which workers could argue that their first and final trips of the working day, to and from their place of work, could be considered 'working time' for the purposes of the EU Working Time directive.
In a recent decision, the Pensions Ombudsman upheld a complaint by an employee, who had been refused an ill-health early retirement pension, against their employer on the basis of maladministration.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal ('EAT') said that an employee of BT Managed Services (BT) who had been off sick for over five years did not transfer to a new employer, Ericsson, along with the rest of his team under the TUPE regulations.
On 1 September 2015, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced measures to increase compliance with the national minimum wage (NMW) and national living wage (NLW).
The recent European Court of Justice's (ECJ) decision in CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia has extended the coverage of indirect discrimination in the context of the provision of goods and services.
On 21 August 2015, the government launched a consultation about, amongst other things, the introduction of an apprenticeship levy on large employers to fund apprenticeship training through 'digital vouchers'.
The government has put forward new measures which could see businesses closed down for up to 48 hours whilst investigations in relation to illegal workers are carried out.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the trade union Unison's challenge to the lawfulness of fees in employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).
Individuals have a right to the information which an organisation holds about them under the Data Protection Act. This is known as a 'subject access request' or SAR.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the 'time of the transfer' can include a date over a month before the date the actual transfer takes place.
The High Court has held that a university's refusal to allow an employee to be accompanied by a representative of a professional defence organisation at an investigation meeting was unfair and breached the implied term of trust and confidence.