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
Disciplinary and dismissal
Weekly Issue 866
Day One Right Not to Be Unfairly Dismissed
The new Employment Rights Bill offers immediate protection against unfair dismissal from day one, enhancing job security and empowering unions. Thompsons Solicitors supports employees in navigating these changes.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 866
Restrictions on Fire and Rehire
The Labour Party's Employment Rights Bill aims to restrict fire and rehire practices, enhancing worker protections and ensuring fair treatment. This legislation will impose stricter controls, mandate meaningful consultations, and provide effective remedies, safeguarding employees from unjust dismissals. Thompsons Solicitors supports these crucial changes for a fairer workplace.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 866
Right to Request Flexible Working by Default
Labour Party's 'Make Work Pay' plan proposes making flexible working a default option from day one, enhancing work-life balance, job satisfaction, and security. The plan aims to ensure fair decision-making and support for working parents, promoting an inclusive and adaptable workplace environment
Employment rights
Weekly issue 865
Understanding the 1 July changes to TUPE for small business
Key changes to TUPE regulations effective 1 July 2024 allow direct employee consultation for small businesses, enhancing employee rights during business transfers.
Employment rights
Weekly issue 865
EAT Rules Volunteer Entitled to Worker Rights for Paid Activities
The EAT ruled that Mr. Martin Groom, a volunteer with the Coastal Rescue Service, should be considered a worker for certain paid activities, entitling him to employment rights and trade union representation, despite his volunteer status.
Employment rights
Weekly issue 864
Court ruling highlights risks of settlement agreements for union members
The importance of precise language in settlement agreements, as the Court of Session ruled that future claims, even if unknown, can be waived, and reaffirmed the exclusion of seafarers from Equality Act protections.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 859
Contradictory dates
Although tribunals have to explain how they came to a decision, that does not mean they have to explain why they did not come to an alternative conclusion.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 858
Particular complaint
Once someone has agreed the terms on which their employment is terminated should be aware that they may be restricted from bringing future tribunal claims.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 857
Reasonable time limit
Although claimants have to abide by a fixed time limit for lodging a complaint, tribunals can give more time if they really believed it had been lodged in time.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 856
Return of tribunal fees
The government has published proposals for introducing payments for claimants who want to lodge a tribunal complaint on the basis that they are affordable.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 851
New workers' rights in 2024
The conciliation service has found that most employees do not know they will be entitled, from next April, to ask to work flexibly immediately on starting work.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 849
Claim form as a whole
When assessing whether each section of a claim form has been completed, the appeal tribunal has said that courts should not be too mechanical in their approach.