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We are delighted to welcome Anne-Marie Boyle to the Menzies Law advisory team this month. Anne-Marie is another of the region’s leading employment lawyers. As well as being lovely to talk to and fiendishly clever (of course), she brings with... Read more
What do we already know? We updated you in our May 2015 Newsletter Case update (1): Collective consultation – big decision time on the Woolworths case (USDAW and another v WW Realisation 1 Ltd (in liquidation) and others) and that the CJEU had confirmed that collective consultation is not... Read more
There’s still time to book onto our Spring Employment Law Update, taking place on 17 March at Eastwood Park. The new half-day format, which is followed by a three-course networking lunch and a champagne prize draw, includes all the hottest... Read more
Summary: Is the trigger for disciplinary sanctions under a sickness absence policy subject to the duty to make reasonable adjustments? Yes says the Court of Appeal in Griffiths v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions available here . Facts: Ms... Read more
What do we already know? We updated you in our July 2014 Newsflash Small business, enterprise & employment bill on the Government’s plans to introduce a financial penalty for employers who fail to pay sums ordered by a Tribunal or owed under settlement agreements reached following... Read more
Summary: Is the right to respect for private and family life breached if employers monitor employees’ personal communications at work? No, subject to reasonableness/proportionality, says the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Bărbulescu v Romania available here . Facts: The... Read more
Equal Pay: How much will it cost you? Taking place on 10 May at Eastwood Park, this half-day seminar will look in detail at the new Gender Pay Gap reporting obligations. We’ll give you the lowdown on the GPG ‘norm’... Read more
Summary: Does an instruction by an employer to an employee not to speak their native language at work amount to race discrimination and harassment? Not if there is a reasonable explanation for the instruction, says the EAT in Kelly v... Read more
We wish you a belated Happy New Year and hope you are all surviving any hasty new year’s resolutions – hopefully we can distract you from them for a while by updating you on the month’s HR/employment law news. We... Read more
What do we already know? In our April 2015 Newsletter Government reforms (2): Tribunal claims – still going down we let you know that statistics showed that for the period of October to December 2014 Tribunals received 12% fewer claims than the same period in 2013. What’s new? Tribunals... Read more
ACAS guide on “legal highs”: ACAS has published a new guide, available here , to help employers deal with legal highs, which are substances which are legal but have the effect of illegal drugs. The guide includes advice on setting policies... Read more
Happy New Year and welcome to 2016 – a busy year for HR/employment law changes. To keep you up to speed with these we round-up the most significant below. 11 January 2016 – what’s happening? Zero hours workers can claim... Read more
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