DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
We have already sent two alerts last month on important Supreme Court decisions:
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By Zoe Wigan, Hilary Larter, Ceri Fuller
|Published 08 April 2021
DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
We have already sent two alerts last month on important Supreme Court decisions:
The Supreme Court held that the mainly female store-based claimants are entitled to choose comparators who are mainly male colleagues working in distribution centres.
Please see our alert here
The Supreme Court held that sleep in workers are not entitled to National Minimum Wage for the entirety of their shift.
Please see our alert here
In a case which leaves practical difficulties, the EAT has confirmed that employees’ contracts can be split between multiple transferees on a service provision change.
A worker may be protected as a whistle-blower even if the public interest only affects one client, and blowing the whistle is not the workers only motivation.
A Christian, who was a magistrate and a non-executive director of an NHS Trust, did not suffer discrimination or victimisation when he was removed from these offices after speaking out publicly against same sex adoption.
The European Court of Justice has considered two cases on the circumstances under which standby time will constitute working time.
Annual changes in statutory rates, limits and benefits will take effect in April. This article sets out the key changes.
Authors
Hilary Larter
Consultant
Leeds
Ceri Fuller
Legal Director
London