Flexible working: an employer's perspective By Louise Bloomfield, DAC Beachcroft Partner, Louise Bloomfield and Solicitor, Sam Proffitt outline the benefits and…
Disability discrimination: Knowledge of decision maker By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case, the EAT considered whether the dismissal of an employee could be direct…
Trade Union Bill: Proposed amendments By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee The government has published a number of amendments being considered at the Report Stage in the…
Age discrimination: Permanent health insurance benefits By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case, the EAT considered whether an employment tribunal had been correct to strike out an…
National Minimum Wage By Khurram Shamsee, Georgina Rowley, Richard Loxley, Louise Bloomfield, Alex Lock The following hourly rates of national minimum wage will apply from 1 October 2016:
What changes are happening in April 2016? By Louise Bloomfield Employers should be aware that the following changes will take place in April:
Sex discrimination: Provision of childcare vouchers during maternity leave By Khurram Shamsee, Georgina Rowley, Richard Loxley, Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield In this case, the EAT considered whether it is discriminatory for employers to discontinue…
TUPE: Service provision change By Alex Lock, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee, Louise Bloomfield In this case, the EAT decided that there could be a service provision change where only part of the…
The Insurance Act 2015: What does it mean for contractors? By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee The Insurance Act 2015 comes into force in August this year…
Disability discrimination: What are "normal day-to-day activities"? By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case, the EAT considered the extent to which work related activities constituted "normal…
TUPE: Was there a TUPE transfer where operations were suspended shortly before a change of provider? By Richard Loxley, Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Khurram Shamsee, Georgina Rowley In this case, the EAT considered whether the suspension of services by a sub-contractor shortly…
Lay-off period: For how long can employees be laid off? By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case, the EAT considered whether a reasonableness term could be implied into a provision in…
Age discrimination: The correct approach to comparators By Alex Lock, Richard Loxley, Louise Bloomfield, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case, the EAT decided that (unless it could be justified) it was discriminatory not to…
Race discrimination: Instruction not to speak native language at work By Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee, Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield In this case, the EAT decided that an employer did not directly discriminate when it instructed a…
TUPE: Hazards in procurement By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this briefing we look at the various issues which you may encounter (whether as a commissioner…
Employment Adviser Newsletter - September 2015 By Louise Bloomfield The Government has been busy issuing a number of consultations on matters affecting employers,…
The "Woolworths" case: Decision of the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) By Louise Bloomfield Today we have had the long awaited decision of the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU)…
Changes to the visitor visa rules By Alex Lock, Richard Loxley, Louise Bloomfield, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee On 24 April 2015 new immigration rules will apply in respect of individuals seeking to make an…
TUPE: A service provision change can occur where there is more than one client By Alex Lock, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee, Louise Bloomfield The EAT has considered for the first time whether the references to "a client" and "the client" in…
Social media: Dismissal for offensive non-work related tweets potentially fair By Khurram Shamsee, Louise Bloomfield In this case the EAT considered whether a tribunal had mistakenly held that an employer's decision…
Personal injury: Depression was not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of summary withdrawal from office By Alex Lock, Richard Loxley, Louise Bloomfield, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case the Court of Appeal considered whether an employee who was summarily withdrawn from…
Maternity discrimination: Duty to offer a suitable alternative vacancy to a woman on maternity leave arises when employer becomes aware of redundancy By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case the EAT considered when the duty to offer a woman on maternity leave a suitable…
Disability discrimination: Providing a workplace free from aerosols and perfume was not a reasonable adjustment that could have been made By Alex Lock, Richard Loxley, Louise Bloomfield, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case, in which we acted for the employer, the EAT agreed with an employment tribunal that…
EPL claims - Hidden holiday pay: The EAT decides overtime should be included in holiday pay By Louise Bloomfield This morning the Employment Appeal Tribunal published its long awaited decision in the Bear…
Monthly Employment Commercial Newsletter - September 2014 By Louise Bloomfield It may have been back to school for many last week, but the courts have not had much of a break…
TUPE: No service provision change where client changed By Alex Lock, Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case the EAT considered whether there had been a service provision change where there had…
TUPE: Change in location was not a substantial change to employee's material detriment By Louise Bloomfield, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee In this case the EAT considered whether, following a TUPE transfer, a relocation of three and a…
Discrimination: Employer did not discriminate when it did not enhance pay for a man on additional paternity leave By Louise Bloomfield, Alex Lock, Richard Loxley, Georgina Rowley, Khurram Shamsee Following the birth of a son the claimant’s wife took maternity leave…
Holiday pay: A time bomb waiting to happen? By Louise Bloomfield There has been recent press coverage about trade unions gearing up to bring claims for owed holiday…