Employment Law Review
Thompsons’ Employment Law Review is recognised as an authoritative source of comment and discussion from our trade union law specialists. Available to read here, and also via a weekly email bulletin, the Employment Law Review offers considerable insight into the latest issues affecting trade unions and their members.
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Employment rights
Vulnerable and migrant workers
Weekly Issue 421
Jobs for the girls
Read about a project from UKCES that aims to enhance opportunities for women in low paid sectors in this section of Thompsons Solicitors' Labour and European Law Review.
Contract of employment
Weekly Issue 418
Unilateral variation
Thompsons Solicitors show that, unless they have very clear language explaining an employer's unilateral right to vary, contracts may only be varied by agreement.
Freedom of information and data protection
Weekly Issue 417
Section 56 DPA
Thompsons Solicitors respond to the change in law which makes it illegal for employers to require workers to supply them with a full copy of their criminal record.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 417
Compelling case
This case, detailed in LELR, Labour and European Law Review, shows that for improbable allegations, tribunals must be shown compelling evidence.
Vulnerable and migrant workers
Weekly Issue 416
Living on the margins
Thompsons Solicitors address the sharp rise of black and Asian workers in low paid jobs in this section of LELR, Labour and European Law Review from April 2015.
Contract of employment
Weekly Issue 416
Clear and unambiguous
Thompsons Solicitors reflect on a case they fought on behalf of PCS union members in this edition of LELR, Labour and European Law Review from April 2015.
Whistle-blowing
Weekly Issue 415
Public interest tested
Thompsons Solicitors reflect on the outcome of a landmark whistleblowing case in this section of LELR, Labour and European Law Review from April 2015.
Disciplinary and dismissal
Weekly Issue 414
Line of defence
In this section of Labour and European Law Review, Thompsons Solicitors consider the responsibilities of an employer when dismissing a worker for gross misconduct.