The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered in the case of Tywyn Primary School v Aplin whether irregularities in a disciplinary process amounted to a breach of the implied duty of trust and confidence and discrimination. Internal disciplinary proceedings Mr Aplin is…
This question was considered in the case of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust v Gregg. The facts Dr Gregg commenced employment with North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in 2003. The Trust became aware of a number of serious concerns regarding…
Angharad Birch considers the case of City of London Corporation v Mr L McDonnell in which the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a finding of a claim for whistleblowing was based on the correct interpretation of the evidence. Suspension and…
This question was considered in the recent case of Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Crawford [2019]. Working Time Regulations Under the Working Time Regulations, a worker is entitled to a rest break if their daily working time exceeds six hours. A rest break…
Employment law is a rapidly changing arena, therefore we have set out a list of some of the imminent changes that will affect employers and individuals in the coming months. Note: this article contains no mention of events due to…
Following Theresa May’s announcement that application fees will be scrapped for settled status applications, we set out who needs to apply and how. Who does this affect? EEA nationals or nationals exercising their equivalent Treaty rights, which means working, studying, or being a…
4th February is named National Sickie Day. National statistics have revealed that the first Monday in February is the most popular day for staff to pull a sickie. Despite January being finally over, the recent big freeze has lent itself to…
Asda Stores Ltd engages predominantly female retail employees and predominantly male distribution employees. They work at different establishments. The female employees brought claims for equal pay and compared themselves to the male distribution employees who were paid a higher salary. A…
As Veganuary is coming to an end, many who took on the New Year’s challenge will continue in their choice to join the millions who are already ‘full time’ vegans as the concept of removing all animal products from the…
The current position is that if a redundancy situation arises whilst the employee is on maternity leave then she must be consulted where there is a potential redundancy situation and a fair procedure must be followed, notwithstanding the employee’s absence…
