Category: Employment
March 2018
Calling all employers with over 250 staff – have you published your Gender Pay Gap?
Organisations that have not yet published their gender pay gap information by the deadline next week could face unlimited fines.
March 2018
£17,000 Cost Order against Employer
Author: Matthew Kilgannon
The Employment Tribunal (ET) is not known for making cost orders, in fact they are quite rare.
March 2018
Clarity on parity for agency workers
Specialist employment law Partner, Matthew Kilgannon, discusses last month’s first Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision on parity of terms for Agency workers.
October 2017
Tribunal Fee Refund Scheme Opens
Author: Matthew Kilgannon
Following the decision to remove fees in the Employment Tribunal (and our earlier article on the subject – available here), the Government has now launched the opening wave of its refund scheme.
September 2017
The Menopause and the Workplace
Author: Nicola O'Dwyer
With an increase in the number of older women within the workplace, the menopause appears to becoming less of a taboo subject. This has also been assisted by the exposure that has been given to the subject of the menopause in the media.
August 2017
Settlement Agreements and Winding Up
Author: David Seals
In Officeserve Technologies Limited (in liquidation) and another v Anthony-Mike, the High Court held that a settlement agreement entered into between a company and one of its directors during the period between a winding up petition being presented and the making of the winding up order was void.
August 2017
Does the Acquired Rights Directive (ARD) apply to a pre-pack?
Author: David Seals
In Federatie Nederlanse Vakvereniging and others v Smallsteps BV (Case C-126/16), the European Court of Justice considered how the ARD applied to a pre-pack. The insolvent business consisted of 380 childcare centres employing 3,600 staff in Holland.
August 2017
Unlawful Fees Help Employee Secure An Extension of Time
Author: Matthew Kilgannon
Background
It appears that, in the last few weeks the Southampton Employment Tribunal has agreed to grant a Claimant, an extension of time to bring her claims.
August 2017
Secretary awarded £360,000 compensation for sexist comment at work
Author: David Seals
In BAE Systems (Operations) Limited –v- Konczak ("K") the Court of Appeal rejected the employer’s argument that an award of compensation of £360,178 in a discrimination claim was excessive.
July 2017
Tribunal Fees To Be Refunded
Author: Emily Kidd
What are Employment Tribunals?
Most UK employment rights are enforceable through the Employment Tribunals. Employment Tribunals were originally set up so that the layperson could bring a claim in an informal setting which did not require them to have legal representation. Any legal costs were usually borne by each of the parties, unlike the civil courts where the losing party was usually ordered to pay both parties’ costs.
