Employment Law Updates

What action can you take when an employee resigns but does not work their required notice period? In the first instance, employees are generally under a contractual duty to give their employer a minimum notice of resignation. This duty is waived if the employer has fundamentally breached the contract of employment or has agreed to […]

Recent statistics produced by the Ministry of Justice showed that the number of claims to the Employment Tribunal between the period April to June 2017 has increased. From April to June there were 4,241 single claims logged, this shows a 2% increase on the same period of 2016. 88,476 cases were accepted by the tribunal […]

Theresa May’s Government announced yesterday they will end the 1% annual cap on public sector pay by 2018 and in 2017, police and prison staff will be awarded with a 2% and 1.7% rise. However, Senior Police Officers remain locked in a bitter row with the Government arguing that the number of officers on the […]

What are data subject access requests? The Data Protection 1998 provides that employees can act as ‘data subjects’ which allows them to make data subject requests in regard to information that may be held about them. These requests are straightforward to make; however, they can become time consuming and complex for the employer. The sole […]

“My employee is absent without my permission and has taken company property. How can I get this back?” The first step that would be recommended before taking legal action would be to write to the employee requesting that the return the property that belongs to you. It is important to note that Civil Court proceeding […]

Acceptable and unacceptable interview questions The purpose of holding job interviews is to obtain as much information as you can on your potential new employee. It therefore does not come as a surprise that on occasions employers are crossing that legal line on what they can and cannot ask. There are appropriate interview queries and […]

The latest list of employers who have failed to meet National Minimum Wage legislation has been published by HMRC. Argos which is made up of 233 employers has topped the “name and shame” list. The retailer which is owned by Sainsburys, have been hit with a fine of £800,000 after admitting a mistake they made […]

Last Tuesday, Pimlico Plumbers were granted permission to appeal their long and potentially revolutionary case to the Supreme Court. The case of Pimlico Plumbers is the latest in a series of employment decisions that address the issue – when is a self-employed individual actually viewed as a worker/employee, which in turn grants them all the […]