Happy January all and welcome back to our monthly newsletter. We hope you are all recovering from the January blues as we get closer towards February. This month, we have a look into a recent successful claim of unfair dismissal due to the Claimant's gender critical views, the recently announced closure of a steelworks leading [...]
Happy holidays everyone and welcome back to our final newsletter for 2023! We hope you are all keeping warm over the holiday period and looking forward to spending some time with family (or not, if you're really lucky!). This week we're taking a short look at the changes to the Equality Act, discriminatory hiring practices, [...]
Hello and thank you for joining us for our November newsletter where we have a roundup of some employment related news stories. This month we’ve seen National Minimum Wage rates are to increase from April 2024, a former Man City player bringing a claim against the club for unpaid wages, and in our lighter side [...]
Hello and thank you for joining us for our October newsletter where we have a roundup of some employment related news stories. This month we’ve seen news of Freddie Flintoff’s settlement, how employers are aiming to be more inclusive, an employee who was sacked over a sandwich and a prankster who has taken on the [...]
Hello and thank you for joining us for our monthly newsletter. As we move into the spooky month of October we have a short roundup of some news stories and how they relate to Employment in a wider context. For any of you that missed our last newsletter you can find that here. This week [...]
Hello everyone and thank you for joining us in our end of month newsletter. We hope you'll enjoy one of the few remaining bank holiday weekends we have for this year as we move into September. For anyone that missed our July newsletter you can find that here. This month we are looking at some [...]
Welcome, and thank you for joining us for our July newsletter. The unfortunate souls that missed out on our last newsletter can achieve enlightenment here. Last month we looked at a new addition to the PJH Law team, discrimination in the military, and sexual harassment in Westminster. This week we'll be looking at.. another [...]
Hello everyone, welcome back once again to our monthly newsletter. Thank you all for joining us. If you missed it, our last case of the week update looked into a Tribunal mistake that cost the claimant several years worth of delay! Our May newsletter looked into COVID whistleblowing, bullying in Government, and some exciting internal [...]
Welcome to our monthly newsletter, including a short employment law and HR update. In case you missed it, our most recent case law update looked into how Claimants need to mitigate their losses when they are dismissed and our last newsletter looked at industrial action and challenges for criminal law solicitors. PJH Law News – Prize [...]
Hello, as it is the last day of the month it is time for our monthly employment law and HR update. Last week’s case law update looked at marriage/civil partnership discrimination and our December update included some interesting Christmas cases and a forecast for 2023. Consultation on Holiday Pay As many of you will have [...]
As many of you will have read. The judgment in Brazel v Harpur Trust has caused lots of issues for employers who engage casual or zero hours staff. For the uninitiated the judgment means that any holiday pay calculation should substitute non-working weeks with weeks with pay from the previous year when calculating holiday pay. [...]
Following the feedback to last month’s update we have decided to hold our seminar face to face in March. We are currently confirming a venue and date but we are planning to host sessions on the following topics: Summary of April Employment Law Changes. Neurodiversity and HR. Holiday pay following Brazel v Harpur Trust. Collective redundancy [...]
This month the government rejected a recommendation by the Women and Equalities Committee to include menopause as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. The reasons for this were that a women experiencing menopause could bring a claim under the protected characteristics of either age, sex or disability depending on the nature of how [...]
Hello and welcome back for another monthly round up of all things employment law. Last month we looked at flexible working, implications of the change of prime minister and a high profile sex discrimination case involving Morrison’s. Additionally, last week we looked at the identity of the Respondent and getting locked in a fridge. This [...]
