07 May, 2024 Employment & Pensions blog: Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 – What employers need to know By Melissa Chuttur The Government has announced that the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (Act) will come into force on 1 October 2024 instead of 1...
26 Apr, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: ICO guidance for mental health emergencies at work By Chris Cuckney The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance designed to give employers greater certainty when sharing...
19 Apr, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Remedy Claim Struck Out By Melissa Chuttur In the recent case of Kaur v Sun Mark Ltd & Ors [2024] EAT 41, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the “EAT”) looked at whether a Tribunal...
11 Apr, 2024 Employment Blog: A recap of legal changes effective from 6 April 2024 By Melissa Chuttur It is undoubtedly an unprecedented year of changes in Employment Law. Whilst these changes have been covered in detail in our previous...
08 Feb, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Ministry of Justice launches a consultation on the (re-) introduction of fees in Employment Tribunals By Melissa Chuttur On 29 January 2024 the Government issued a consultation paper on the re-introduction of fees in Employment Tribunals and the Employment...
01 Feb, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: The definition of "worker" cannot be extended on human rights grounds to cover external job candidates as whistleblowers. By Melissa Chuttur In the recent case of Sullivan v Isle of Wight Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the definition of ‘"worker" cannot be...
26 Jan, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: An In-Depth Look at the Changes to Paternity Leave with effect from March 2024 By Melissa Chuttur Following on from our Employment Round-Up Update at the back end of last year, we dive deeper into the proposals to make changes to...
17 Jan, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Ways to promote wellbeing in the workplace By Melissa Chuttur In this blog we explore how employers can take steps to help protect their employees’ health and wellbeing. January is often considered a...
10 Jan, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Extended protection from redundancy for employees on family leave By Melissa Chuttur Following on from our update last week, we dive deeper into the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023 (the...
28 Dec, 2023 Employment & Pensions Blog: 2024 Employment Round-up By Melissa Chuttur 2024 is shaping up to be a busy year as a number of employment law changes are coming into force. In this article we briefly explore some...
15 Dec, 2023 Employment & Pensions Blog: Relying on protected disclosures covered by COT3 terms found to be an abuse of process By Melissa Chuttur In Ajaz v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found that an Employment Tribunal had...
07 Dec, 2023 Employment & Pensions Blog: Company Administrator not liable for failing to give notice of proposed redundancies By Melissa Chuttur On 1 November, the Supreme Court issued its judgment in R (on the application of Palmer) v Northern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and...