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 769
Detrimental effect
When trying to prove a loss as a result of having brought a tribunal claim, claimants do not have to show that the loss was specifically financial or corporeal.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 763
Minor error
Tribunals must always make a careful assessment about whether it would be fair to reject a claim form because of some small discrepancies before they reject it.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 760
Bereavement rights at work
The independent advisory service, Acas, has issued advice for employers on how to handle a situation where someone close to one of their employees has died.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 757
Threat to workers’ rights
A study has found that although government proposals to review laws that favour workers are likely to worsen them, there are options available to protect them.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 755
Tribunal claims taking a year to be heard
As a result of increased delays in hearing tribunal claims, some applicants are having to wait for up to a year before they can expect their claim to be heard.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 750
Where is the employment bill?
Despite promising a range of new laws for workers, the government has instead focused on bringing in legislation that is aimed at hampering the work of unions.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 746
Unlawful inducements
Unions are entitled to negotiate pay deals for their members without interference from employers who try to undermine their efforts with some type of incentive.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 735
Continuing consequences
When deciding if a claim is out of time, tribunals must distinguish between those instances when an act is a single event as opposed to one that is sustained.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 731
Tribunals at crisis point
Recent research has revealed an extensive list of problems within the workings of the court system which have been exacerbated by the recent health crisis.
Employment rights
Weeky Issue 722
Strike out interests
It is for claimants to decide whether they feel fit enough to pursue their claim, whereas tribunals can only decide whether they are fit enough to take part.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 720
Improve workers’ rights
A new study has found that the vast majority of people polled want workplace entitlements to be improved so that they are more or less the same for all workers.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 717
Tribunals are courts
As tribunals are also courts, they have the right to adjudicate in certain specified scenarios under the law, such as making a judgment against an underwriter.