Weekly issue 139

News in brief

The Government has recently published another consultation document on draft regulations to implement the EU Agency Workers Directive into domestic law

Reputation at stake

Employees can be dismissed (and often are) for doing something that impacted on the reputation of their employer.

Time’s up

Section 111(2)(b) of the 1996 Employment Rights Act allows tribunals to extend the usual three month time limit if it is satisfied that it was not “reasonably practicable” for the complaint to have been lodged on time.