Employment Law Review

Unfair dismissal

When considering whether a dismissal is fair, tribunals can take into account whether it was perverse for the employer to have issued a final written warning.

Recognition

In this article, trade union law experts Thompsons Solicitors discuss the law affecting the creation of collective bargain agreements.

Equality, discrimination and harassment

In anticipation of the statutory questionnaire being abolished on 6 April, Acas has published guidance for jobseekers and employees who think they may have been discriminated against under the Equality Act 2010.

Employment rights

When deciding unfair dismissal claims, tribunals have to consider whether the employer acted reasonably in all the circumstances.

Information and consultation

Section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Consolidation Act (TULRCA)states that the collective consultation obligations are triggered if an employer makes 20 or more employees redundant within 90 days or less.

Equal pay

Figures published by the European Commission last week to mark European Equal Pay Day indicate that the gender pay gap has barely altered in the last few years.

Equal pay

Employers can defend equal pay claims if they can show that the difference in pay is because of a “material factor”.

Equality, discrimination and harassment

Employers can defend discrimination claims under the Equality Act if they can show that the treatment was required by law.

National minimum wage and National living wage

An interim report into the future of the national minimum wage has found that the policy is falling short in many respects and will need to be reformed if it is to repeat the successes of its first 15 years.

Agency workers

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 were introduced to protect agency workers who worked “temporarily” for a hirer.

Disciplinary and dismissal

It is not often that courts intervene to decide that an employer cannot invite an employee to a disciplinary hearing at which she could be dismissed.

Equality, discrimination and harassment