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.
Employment rights
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 817
Sufficiently particularised
Although tribunals have the right to remove a claimant’s complaints in their totality, they should only remove those that are deemed not to be specific enough.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 817
Exceptional delay
Although tribunals have the right to give claimants extra time for their case to be reheard, they are likely to draw the line if the delay has been extreme.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 814
Impunity for rogue employers
The UK’s union body has flagged up the dearth of sanctions facing employers who break the law, with the result that others may be encouraged to do the same.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 814
No longer fair
If a claimant continually fails to abide by the rules that are laid down by the tribunal system, they can expect that their claim will ultimately be dismissed.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 812
Failure to bounce back
When sending in paperwork via the internet, claimants can successfully apply for more time for an appeal if the technology did not indicate there was a problem.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 809
Doubling down on data
Although employers often gather different sources of information to help with people management, a report has found they often don’t use it to its full extent.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 809
Application to amend
A court has made clear that although applicants can sometimes make changes to their complaint, there are limits to the extent to which they can be altered.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 807
Future claims included
Although workers may challenge an agreement made with their employer at the time of dismissal, their chances of success depend on the wording of the document.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 801
Interim statement
The appeal tribunal has made clear that when tribunals are considering throwing out a complaint, they must ensure that they have fully addressed all the issues.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 799
Settlement terms
When opting out of employment rights, employees cannot agree not to bring a complaint about an issue that they were unaware of when they signed the accord.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 797
Extension of time
Tribunals can take the effects of mental ill health into consideration when deciding whether an employer should be allowed more time to respond to a claim.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 793
Refusal to extend time
Tribunals have to consider a number of factors when deciding whether to allow a claim to be presented out of time, including the worthiness of the complaint.