Discrimination awards at the employment tribunal - new bandings announced
Although equality legislation provides that an award of damages in discrimination claims may include compensation for 'injured feelings', it does not provide...
Suspending employees - not always a neutral act
Employers must be careful to avoid taking any action against, or doing anything in respect of an employee that amounts to a breach of the implied term of...
Holiday Pay for Voluntary Overtime
Should voluntary overtime be taken into account when calculating holiday pay?
Supreme Court rules that tribunal fees are unlawful
Since their introduction back in 2013, employment tribunal fees have been a highly controversial topic, with many viewing them as unfair. The number of tribunal...
JEL Summer Ball in aid of Pancreatic Cancer Scotland
We are delighted to advise that Just Employment Law’s Summer Ball in aid of Pancreatic Cancer Scotland, recently held at the Radisson Blu in Glasgow raised...
Partick Thistle Sponsorship
We are delighted to confirm that Partick Thistle Football Club has announced that Just Employment Law is the club’s main sponsor for the 2017/18 season.
Enhanced Shared Parental Pay
An Employment Tribunal has decided that it is direct sex discrimination for an employer not to pay enhanced shared parental pay in circumstances where it...
Holiday Pay Claims
A gap of more than three months breaks the series of alleged unlawful deductions.
Working Time: Sleeping at work
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered the approach to be adopted when deciding whether employees who ‘sleep-in’ to carry out duties, if...
Bank Holidays
Jeremy Corbyn has this week announced that a Labour Government would seek to create four new UK-wide bank holidays, St David’s Day (1 March), St Patrick’s...
Increase to statutory payments
A number of standard rates and payments will be increasing with effect from early April 2017.
Long-term Absence Dismissals
The Court of Appeal in the case of O’Brien v Bolton St Catherine’s Academy (http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/145.html) has provided interesting...
Headscarves Ban and Religious Discrimination
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) yesterday issued its decision in the case of Achtiba v G4S Secure Solutions, which looked at a ban on wearing headscarves...
Holiday Pay Update
In October 2016, we reported that, subsequent to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) having dismissed the appeal of British Gas in the well-publicised ‘Lock’...
Annual Increase to Compensation Limits and Minimum Awards
The annual increases to compensation limits and minimum awards that are payable under employment legislation have just been announced.
