Employment Law Updates

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 […]

Google face major law suit after more than 60 employees claim they have been discriminated against. The Guardian reported yesterday that over 60 current and past employees of Google are contemplating bringing a class-action law suit against google on the grounds of sexism and pay disparities against women. James Finberg, who is a civil rights […]

On the 7th of August, the Government outlined its objective for the new Data Protection Bill, it is due to be published next month and will merge the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into legislation in the UK. This legislation will now grant individuals the right to be forgotten and ask for any personal data […]

Dress requirements in the workplace that consist of high heels and target young women in “insecure jobs” who already feel vulnerable in the workplace have been suggested as “damaging their health and wellbeing in both the long and short term”, a report concluded by Parliament earlier this year. In reality, who knew that wearing high […]

Six key employment case decisions, first posted by Personnel Today. (1)  Tribunal Fees R (On the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor (Supreme Court) On the 26th July, Unison won a landmark ruling that has been seen to support the principle of access to justice. The seven judges in this case made the universal decision that the current […]

Following the decision made to abolish tribunal fees on the 26th July, the Employment and Property Jurisdictional Support Team of HM Courts and Tribunals Service, have issued the following statement for the attention of those affected by the decision: “Dear All You will all be aware that on 26 July, the Supreme Court handed down […]

This morning, tribunal fees have been ruled as unlawful and the Government now face paying fines of up to 32m to claimants. In 2013, to reduce weak cases, the Government implemented fees of up to £1,200 to be paid by the claimant in the first instance, before a case could proceed in front of the […]