Employment Law Updates

The word ‘resignation’ denotes voluntary departure from employment – but it bears a different meaning if you are a civil servant, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an important decision for any worker affected

Following the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Lock v British Gas Trading Limited that an employee’s holiday pay must take account of his commission payments, the Employment Tribunal

A disabled IT specialist who was cut out of the communication loop by his employer whilst on long-term sick leave has triumphed in a discrimination claim and will receive thousands of pounds in compensation following

In what some may view as a counter-intuitive decision, but one which has significant implications for employers, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a single employee was by herself capable of forming an ‘organised

In a warning to expatriate workers that the small print of their employers’ insurance policies needs careful perusal before they move abroad, the widow of an IT specialist discovered that her husband was not covered

A mental health nurse who was accused of inappropriately touching colleagues and behaving in an unacceptably sexualised manner has been given a fresh chance to prove that her dismissal was unfair. The nurse strongly denied

Undercover police officers whose jobs often entail making contact with informers at all hours of the day and night have had their right to fair overtime payments for the out-of-hours work they put in recognised

The power of judges does not extend to the mending of personal relationships, as a senior doctor discovered when the High Court refused to order his return to work almost four years after he was

E-cigarettes are becoming more and more popular and, as is common when an innovation occurs, the law struggles to keep up. In a recent case, the Employment Tribunal (ET) had to consider a claim for