Greetings, it’s the last Friday of the month which means it is time for a round-up of all the employment law news. March’s update had features on gender pay gap reporting, NMW offenders and changes to the taxing of settlement agreements, last week’s case law update had cases on shared parental leave and early conciliation. […]
Unfortunately, race isn’t the only protected characteristic the Government have got into trouble over this month. Shahmir Sanni, a Leave campaign volunteer, disclosed information about how the Vote Leave campaign might have bypassed electoral law to fund the campaign. In response, Theresa May’s secretary, Stephen Parkinson, who had been involved in the Vote Leave campaign […]
Speaking of Data Protection, the Vote Leave disclosures segue nicely into why data protection is an important issue and why employers need to be prepared for when the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 comes into force on 25th May. We are offering an e-learning course aimed at managers who handle personal data every day. This […]
Zero-hours contracts and the gig economy are two of the biggest employment law issues of the year. Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics suggests numbers have risen by a further 100,000 over the past 12 months. The rise might be due to an increased awareness of the issue meaning workers know they are […]
We previously covered the tax tribunal case of Moorthy v HMRC. In brief the facts are: Mr Moorthy was made redundant and received £10,000.00 He then bought unfair dismissal and discrimination claims of which resulted in a settlement worth £200,000.00 Having already received £10k tax free, only £20k of the award was treated as being […]
It’s been a good week for client feedback and this week’s feedback comes from two of Sam’s clients, whose matters both resulted in settlement agreements. The first said this:
This month’s issue has been heavy, unfortunately the news this month is a tad political and contains grubby issues like smearing and institutionalised racism. However, to lighten the mood we have something absurd and silly, whether it be getting caught on tape having sex at work or being sacked for peeing in a bottle, every […]
