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A local authority’s former head of finance is in line for substantial compensation after he was unfairly forced out of his job – despite failing to convince the…

In a case which put the spotlight on the difficulties posed by mental illness in the workplace, a paranoid schizophrenic who was dismissed from his job for gross misconduct after…

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has, this morning, ruled that it is wrong for employers to only take into account basic pay when calculating how much an employee should be…

A publishing company employee who was sacked for whistleblowing has won more than £18,000 in damages after the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) rejected arguments that her…

The Government is amending the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) so that they place less of a burden on businesses.  The proposed…

The Government’s Business Taskforce has made 30 recommendations to cut EU red tape. The Taskforce reported that the complexity and quantity of employment legislation coming…

From 1 September 2013 new and existing employees can become employee shareholders. Whether businesses will choose to offer employee shareholder status roles remains to be seen but…

An employment tribunal has found that a law firm that had imposed a mandatory retirement age of 65 on its partners was objectively justified in doing so, and this did not amount…

It is not uncommon when an employer and an employee settle an employment dispute for the employee to sign what is known as a ‘compromise agreement’.

As the lockdown continues, the Government has extended access to its coronavirus job retention scheme and employers are settling in to a new way of working. Business life may have…

Employees with at least 26 weeks’ continuous employment can make a request for flexible working for any reason and if an employee makes a flexible working request there is a…

Receiving a grievance from an employee is rarely welcome – dealing with it can soak up resources, cause disquiet among other employees and in some cases escalate into a…