Employment Law Updates

“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 […]

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 […]