The Home Office has published information on the crime of controlling or coercive behaviour, to assist in identifying, evidencing, charging, prosecuting and convicting the offence.
The Government has announced a review of the current whistleblowing framework. The purpose of the review is to assess the current regime and inform policy on how to improve it.
Against the backdrop of a rising number of appeals against unless orders, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has issued useful guidance for Tribunals.
It can be a concern for employers that Employment Tribunal hearings are generally conducted in public, meaning they can attract the attention of the press and other third parties.
IKEA UK has entered into a 'section 23 agreement' with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The agreement follows a complaint from a former employee about the company's approach to sexual harassment.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an Employment Tribunal decision that an employee's disruptive conduct at work was not attributable to his disabilities.
An Employment Tribunal was acting within its case management discretion when it made an 'unless order' following which all of the claimant's claims were struck out for non-compliance.
An Employment Tribunal has found that a college was entitled to object to the way its former Chaplain manifested his beliefs, following a sermon he delivered in the college chapel.
