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Making a political point – the Government announces a significant change to unfair dismissal laws
Published 08 March 2013
In November 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued an important and controversial judgment stating that UK employment laws did not comply with an important part of the European Conven…
Is love in the air in your workplace this Valentines Day?
Published 12 February 2013
Valentines Day - the day on which traditionally 'love is in the air'. Statistics have shown that a significant proportion of us now meet our 'loved one' at work and around 70% of employees have had a…
Transfer and new employers
Published 04 February 2013
The recent decision of the EAT in Edinburgh Home-Link Partnership v The City of Edinburgh Council is being seen as another demonstration of the failure of the Labour Government's 'service provision c…
Noughts and crosses - European Court of Human Rights rules on long-running religious discrimination cases
Published 30 January 2013
he European Court of Human Rights has published its long awaited decision in the cases of Nadia Eweida, Shirley Chaplin, Lillian Ladele and Gary McFarlane – the first two cases centred on wearing cru…
Employer bound by mistaken job offer - The Partners of Haxby Practice v Collen
Published 19 January 2013
Ms Collen applied for a job as a practice nurse. The salary wasn’t revealed in the advert or during interview. She was offered the job by telephone and told that her pay would be £22,427. A letter co…
The Office Party – fun or folly?
Published 19 December 2012
As the festive season approaches, so does the time for office parties with their annual cocktail of fun mixed with risk. Employment law partner at Berg, Nigel Crebbin, looks at what employers can do…
Show me the money! – How does the Employment Tribunal work out compensation?
Published 13 December 2012
When it comes to the question of compensation employees are often over optimistic and employers are sometimes over pessimistic. The purpose of this article is to examine compensation for Unfair…
Tribunal should hear both sides - Timbo v Greenwich Council for Racial Equality
Published 03 December 2012
The Claimant, an equalities officer, brought race and sex discrimination claims against her employer.During day three of the four-day hearing, once Ms Timbo had concluded her evidence, the employer a…
All change for working families? The Government announces a major overhaul of the laws on flexible working and parental leave
Published 19 November 2012
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced on 13th November 2012 that from 2015 a flexible system of parental leave will be introduced and that from 2014 the right to request flexible working will…
The perals of stagnant company policies (A parable)
Published 10 November 2012
Start with a cage containing five monkeys.Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the ban…
Time’s up on pay discrimination? A landmark judgment on equal pay
Published 26 October 2012
The time limit for bringing an equal pay claim in the Employment Tribunal is six months after the employee’s employment has come to an end. However, in a new and ground-breaking judgment which came o…
Recent Court of Appeal case
Published 15 October 2012
An appeal decision handed down by the Court of Appeal in the Summer examined the often knotty issue of whether an employee who take preparatory steps to set up a business he intends to carry on after…
