With May in the rear-view mirror, we welcome the return of our monthly Employment Law Update. Last month we looked at the Windrush Scandal and the outed Brexit whistleblower whilst last week’s case law update concerned disability discrimination and gross misconduct This month we look at football, dress codes, sex discrimination, and modern slavery. The Employment Law Antidote to World Cup Fever Football is once again […]
Phil Neville: The FA’s latest PR Disaster Good morning. As we move into February, January is a mere speck in the rear-view mirror -hooray. So long perpetual darkness and cold weather, ye shan’t be missed! Last week, our case law update looked at the effective date of termination, this week, we have our round-up of […]
It’s the last Friday of the month which means it’s time for your monthly round up of all things employment law. Last week’s case law update looked at restrictive covenants, Early Conciliation and on-call/sleep-in working and all of the cases we have covered this month can be found here. Last month’s newsletter included features on […]
Despite a successful European Championships for the England Woman’s Football Team there has been off the field issues lurking behind the scenes for the Lionesses this summer. Manager, Mark Sampson, has been accused of racial discrimination and bullying by former striker, Eniola Aluko. Aluko, a qualified lawyer in both the UK and US, has alleged that […]
It seems not a month goes by where football regulatory authorities aren’t linked to some sort of corruption scandal. This week new England Manager, Sam Allardyce, was reported to have met with undercover journalists disguised as businessmen allegedly to advise them on how to circumnavigate player ownership rules in exchange for £400,000.00. The fee […]
In lighter yet ironically equally European news, you will undoubtedly be aware that the European Football Championships kicked off this month. Unlike previous years Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland all qualified as well as England. Furthermore countries such as Poland, Portugal, Romania and Hungary also qualified all of whom have sizeable migrant […]
Welcome back, to your weekly case law update. Last week we had three cases for you covering Early Conciliation, sexual orientation discrimination and gross misconduct. We also had a piece on the recent British cycling allegations concerning discrimination and harassment. Today’s question: Can a perceived demotion amount to breach of contract? This week’s case is […]
There is usually a glut of football on over Easter and somewhat coincidentally there has also been a surge in football related stories this month. The first concerns former Newcastle United footballer Jonas Gutiérrez, who has recently begun a two million pound disability discrimination claim against his former employer. Whilst few of you will be […]
Our next football employment law crossover concerns another team in the North East, Sunderland. If you have missed the news England and Sunderland FC player, Adam Johnson, was convicted of sexual activity with an underage girl. Whilst this rather unpleasant case is not strictly employment law related it did cause the club’s chief executive, Margaret […]
The first two football instalments might have led you to believe, that for footballers at least, it’s grim up North, however, our final instalment will clear up that misconception. Last September you might remember a piece we did about former Chelsea FC doctor Eva Carneiro. A mediation hearing was held this month but the parties have […]
Ched Evans has been in the news for trying to return to his previous job as a professional footballer after serving 30 months of a 60 month prison sentence for rape. To be fair to Mr Evans he is protesting his innocence and his case is subject to a Criminal Case Review. However, at the […]
Even those of you that aren’t fans of football may have heard the excuse Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho gave for drawing to Swansea. He believed his medical staff were impulsive, naïve and did not understand football. The backlash from such an unforgiving and public telling off has been critical. Whilst others have been placing bets […]
Once again there are no new EAT judgments for us to write about, however, we have found another story that has made headlines this week which is an employment law conundrum. As some of you may be aware local football team Leicester City FC have been embroiled in scandal this week. Tabloid newspapers obtained […]
The two questions this week are; 1. When an employee TUPE transfers to a new company is the new employer liable for any ongoing harassment issues/claims? 2. Is it fair to treat employees engaging in an office affair differently because of their gender? The Claimant, Ms Vernon, was employed by Port Vale FC as a sales manager […]
