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Brexit: practical implications By Mathew Rutter Our views and guidance on the implications of Brexit for the business community.
GDPR – European General Data Protection Regulation By Rhiannon Webster The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2016. A rewrite of European data protection law, the GDPR imposes comprehensive and far reaching obligations. With enforcement after two years, companies need to be…
Employment Matters - April 2021 By Zoë Wigan DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
April Changes By Zoë Wigan Annual changes in statutory rates, limits and benefits will take effect in April. This article sets out the key changes.
Working time: Standby periods are working time when constraints “objectively and very significantly” affect the worker’s freedom while standing by The European Court of Justice has considered two cases on the circumstances under which standby time will constitute working time.
Discrimination: Not religious discrimination to remove a Christian from office for publicly voicing views about same sex adoption and homosexuality By Zoë Wigan 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 homosexuality and same sex adoption.
Whistleblowing: The public interest test is widely defined By Zoë Wigan A worker may be protected as a whistle-blower even if public interest only affects one client, and blowing the whistle is not the workers only motivation.
TUPE: Splitting employees’ contracts after a service provision change By Zoë Wigan 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.
Asda v Brierley – Supreme Court judgment By Guy Bredenkamp The Supreme Court today delivered its judgment on a fundamental legal issue in the multiple equal pay claims brought by Asda employees. The essence of an equal pay claim is that a claimant must identify a comparator of the opposite sex ‘in the same…
Fairness in the Points Based System By Shahjahan Ali The Points Based System, as it was originally introduced in 2008, was designed to be fast and economical which the preceding immigration system arguably was not. As time lapsed, the Points Based System grew slower and more expensive with visa…
Supreme Court rules that Sleep-in workers not entitled to national minimum wage for entirety of shift By James Rhodes The Supreme Court has this morning (19 March) handed down its much anticipated judgment in the joined cases of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad and another (T/A Clifton House Residential Home).
Employment Matters - March 2021 By Hilary Larter DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
