Greetings and welcome back to your monthly employment law update; all the month’s big stories rolled into a tedious one email that will see you through your Friday morning. Last week we had a double case law update covering tribunal procedure and limitation dates. Last month’s update had features on NDAs and injury to feelings […]
Since Tribunal Fees were abolished in 2017 the number of claims lodged has doubled. Unfortunately, the abolition of fees and increase in claims has coincided with budget cuts to the Tribunal system leading to many venues closing, including Bedford and Huntingdon. This means that there are more claims but fewer venues and judges to hear […]
One of the many advantages of ET judgments being available online is it means more cases are reported on. Whilst ET cases do not set binding precedent on future cases, it does indicate how the judiciary will look at similar claims and shows trends that might not emerge till much later had we waited for […]
For many years payment in lieu of notice (PILON) clauses were the enemy of employers. In the absence of a PILON clause, any employee they wished to exit via settlement would be able to get up to £30k tax free and this could include the equivalent PILON payment. As the PILON was rolled into the […]
A look back through our equal pay features shows a pattern that the majority of claims recently have been from supermarket staff following the Asda v Brierly case regarding predominantly female store roles being equal to predominantly male warehouse roles. Like nearly all the other big-5 supermarkets, Sainsburys has faced a multi-claimant claim from thousands [...]
It has been a while since we covered social media in a serious context in the update. Usually it is part of the lighter side of the news section due to the outrageous things that ended up being posted. In the past this has included sharing a rival butcher’s meat offer, tweeting about Donald Trump […]
As usual we end with a tale of far-fetched woe from the depths of the tabloids. This month an employee for a bar in China was told to resign after responding to a request from her boss for documents in a work group chat with the okay thumb and finger emoji. Anyone who is a […]
