Employment Case Law Update February 2023
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Redundancy Cook v Gentoo Group Ltd Mr Cook was made redundant from his job at Gentoo Group just prior to his 55th birthday. Under the rules of his pension scheme, members are […]
Employment Case Law Update January 2023
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Government consultation on part-year worker holiday entitlement The Government has published a consultation paper to address the issues raised by last year’s Harpur Trust v Brazel Supreme Court decision. As a result […]
Employment Case Law Update 2022 Round Up
In this issue of our monthly employment case law update, we round up ten of the most interesting and noteworthy cases for employers from the past 12 months. Given the breadth of developments in employment law during 2022, shortlisting only ten cases was a particular challenge, but our monthly case law updates continue to be […]
Employment Case Law Update November 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Employment status Richards v Waterfield Homes Ltd and another [2022] Mr Richards, a carpenter, was engaged by Waterfield Homes from 2010 to 2018 on a self-employed basis. He was paid through HMRC’s Construction […]
Employment Case Law Update October 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Settlement Agreements Bathgate v Technip UK Ltd and others Mr Bathgate entered into a settlement agreement with his employer, Technip, due to his being dismissed by voluntary redundancy. He was 61 years […]
Employment Case Law Update September 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Religious discrimination Mr E McClung v Doosan Babcock Ltd and others Mr McClung, from Bonnybidge near Falkirk, had carried out work for energy construction firm Doosan Babcock via recruiters NRL between January […]
Employment Case Law Update August 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Whistleblowing Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd The claimant, Ms Kong, was the Head of Financial Audit at Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd. As part of a draft audit report, Ms […]
Employment Case Law Update July 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Fire & rehire Tesco v USDAW & others In 2007, Tesco planned to restructure and expand its distribution centre network. To incentivise workers to move to other distribution centres and avoid losing […]
Employment Case Law Update June 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Long COVID & disability discrimination Burke v Turning Point Scotland Mr Burke began working as a caretaker for Turning Point Scotland in April 2001. In November 2020, he contracted coronavirus and took […]
Employment Case Law Update May 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Indirect sex discrimination Allen -v- Primark Stores Limited In this case, the trinbunal considered whether a requirement to work late one evening a week placed women with childcare responsibilities at a disadvantage. […]