Employment Law Updates

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a night worker who lived in at the residential care home where he was employed was not entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for

All employers have a duty to consult staff representatives before making collective redundancies – and a landmark Supreme Court decision has established that that applies even to foreign governments who operate bases on British soil.

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) provide vital protection to workers affected by commercial decisions over which they have no control. However, as one case involving a group of construction workers

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has issued new guidance on zero hours contracts. This explains what they are, how they affect a worker’s employment rights, and gives advice on their appropriate use and

The outcome of employment cases often depends on the credibility of witnesses, and tribunals cannot duck their responsibility to resolve conflicts of evidence. That point was forcefully made in the case of an NHS care

British workers who take jobs abroad often achieve higher earnings and are exempt from UK taxation. However, as one construction industry worker found out to his cost, such benefits frequently entail the sacrifice of the

A civilian police worker whose claims of psychiatric disability were disbelieved by her bosses, and who was sacked on the basis of vague allegations, has won the right to substantial compensation for the mistreatment she

In whistleblowing cases, the employee’s state of mind is the decisive factor and that was certainly so in the case of a college lecturer who was dismissed after being accused of making groundless allegations against

A whistleblowing solicitor who resigned after she was dressed down in front of colleagues and her performance inappropriately criticised has won the right to compensation after a tribunal ruled that she was constructively dismissed unfairly.

A music teacher who ended up on a zero hours contract after his employment was transferred from a local authority to the private sector has scored a legal victory of importance to all fixed-term contract