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Update on the EU Settlement Scheme - Is the Government on Track?

Friday, 20 September 2019

How is the European Settlement Scheme doing six months after it opened?

Update on the EU Settlement Scheme - Is the Government on Track?

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Work Related Stress and Disability Discrimination - Is an Impairment Long Term?

Friday, 20 September 2019

A person is disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term adverse impact on the person's ability to do normal day to day activities.

Work Related Stress and Disability Discrimination

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The Dangers of Cherry-Picking

Friday, 20 September 2019

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer waived privilege in advice about dismissal and so could not cherry-pick which parts of advice it disclosed.

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Employment Status - Out of Hours GP With Limited Company Found to Be a Worker

Friday, 13 September 2019

Where an individual provides services personally over a long period of time, there is a real risk that they will be held to be a worker, and therefore entitled to paid annual leave and the national minimum wage.

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Injury to Feelings Awards Should Reflect the Impact of the Discrimination

Friday, 13 September 2019

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that the effect of unlawful discrimination on an employee is the main consideration when calculating an injury to feelings award, not the gravity of the employer's actions.

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Whistleblowing - Sin in Haste, Repent at Leisure

Friday, 13 September 2019

Knee-jerk employment decisions always come with a risk that something has been missed or not given proper consideration.

Whistleblowing - Sin in Haste, Repent at Leisure

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New Guidance on Timescales for Responding to Data Subject Requests

Friday, 06 September 2019

Following a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has updated its guidance on timescales for responding to subject access requests.

New Guidance on Timescales for Responding to Data Subject Requests

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Christmas Party Injuries - Can Employers Be Liable?

Friday, 06 September 2019

In April 2019, a High Court judge decided that Cancer Research UK (CRUK) was not liable for their employee's injury sustained at a work Christmas party when a colleague dropped her on the dancefloor. The matter is now going to the Court of Appeal.

Christmas Party Injuries - Can Employers Be Liable?

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Advice to Suspend Employee Accused of Gross Misconduct Leads to Successful Unfair Dismissal Claim

Friday, 06 September 2019

At first glance, the judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Upton-Hansen Architects Limited (UHAL) v Gyftaki is about the poor drafting of the employer's ET3 - the employer had failed to address the issue of fairness.

Advice to Suspend Employee Accused of Gross Misconduct Leads to Successful Unfair Dismissal Claim

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How Do You Bring Employee Shareholder Status to an End?

Friday, 06 September 2019

A recent case demonstrates that the only safe way to bring 'employee shareholder' status to an end is to expressly say so in a written agreement.

How Do You Bring Employee Shareholder Status to an End?

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What You Need to Know About NDAs, Law Society to Employees

Friday, 23 August 2019

The Law Society has published a recent guidance...

What You Need to Know About NDAs, Law Society to Employees

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UK Challenged in Gay Marriage Cake Case

Friday, 23 August 2019

On 10 October 2018 the Supreme Court (SC) handed down its decision that Ashers bakery, who refused to bake a cake with the message 'Support Gay Marriage' on it, had not discriminated against Mr Lee, a homosexual man who asked them to fulfil that order.