Employee Advice

Disclosure of criminal convictions

The government have said that they intend to appeal through the Supreme Courts against a Court of Appeal ruling that it is a breach of human rights to require employees to disclose criminal convictions to employers. In the COA cases it is understandable why this conclusion was reached. By way of illustration, one case concerned […]

Redundancy payments

Figures published today show that just short of £5bn was paid out in the UK in redundancy payments last year.  Gloomily, this price tag is, by large, the product of widespread public sector redundancies as private sector redundancies have levelled off since the surge in 2008/2009.  We are still paying the price for heavy contractual […]

By |2019-12-25T14:23:42+00:00January 28th, 2013|Employee Advice, Employer Advice, Redundancy|0 Comments

Admissibility of Without Prejudice Negotiations

This case at the EAT held an Employment Tribunal was wrong to consider evidence of discussions during without prejudice negotiations and reduce the employee’s award on the basis that if they hadn’t been unfairly dismissed, a compromise agreement might have been reached which would have terminated the employee’s employment in any event. Although not a […]

Time extensions

The appeal of Mr Chikwe v Mouchel Group Plc against the Employment Tribunal decision that his race discrimination claim was presented out of time demonstrates how difficult it is to argue for a just and equitable extension.  The lesson here for employees is that delaying bringing claims because of waiting for the outcome of a […]

By |2019-12-29T18:14:42+00:00September 21st, 2012|Employee Advice, Tribunal Procedures|0 Comments

Employment Tribunal Costs Awards

From 6 April 2012, the maximum costs order which a tribunal may make in favour of a legally represented Claimant or Respondent will increase to £20,000.00 from the current £10,000.00. This gives the Tribunal authority to award much larger amounts of costs without the case leaving the Tribunal system. Before 6 April 2012, costs could only […]

By |2019-12-29T18:22:25+00:00February 22nd, 2012|Employee Advice, Employer Advice, Tribunal Awards|0 Comments

Bringing the Company into disrepute

Bringing the Company into disrepute or conduct which could do so is often labelled as gross misconduct.  This often results in dismissal of employees for this and normally an associated reason.  Even the judiciary is not immune from such actions as this story shows. The Judge has been removed from his judicial post after the […]

Fee to bring a Tribunal

At the conservative conference the Chancellor has announced that it will introduce fees to bring a claim before the Employment Tribunal from 2013.  The amount that will be charged and how it should be paid will be the subject of consultation which will start in the next few months. At present, there are no fees […]