Weekly Issue 80 - June - July 2003

It's not all over

It has long been a bone of contention that the protection of anti-discrimination legislation ends the second a worker is no longer employed

Paying for all the damage

The legal issue in this case concerned the circumstances under which liability for personal injury in race discrimination cases can be established

On the move

It has been announced that the Employment Tribunal Service will move from DTI to the Department for Constitutional Affairs (the old Lord Chancellor's Department) following the proposals from the Leggatt Report

One man and his job: it's still about Schmidt

Cases on the scope of TUPE protection are much rarer now than in the heyday of the 1990s, but two recent cases confirm the breadth of the legislation's coverage

Holidays are here again: roundup of recent cases

As it's summer , this month we look at developments in holiday leave and pay cases over the past year

Worker status: it's a jungle out there

The definition of worker status for trade union recognition law differs from the definition for paid annual leave and other individual rights

Employer's belief

Unfair dismissal cases in the Court of Appeal are less frequent now, but the role of the Employment Tribunal in assessing the reasonableness of an employer's decision to dismiss still causes problems