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
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 823
Conciliation complications
When large groups of workers lodge tribunal claims involving conciliation, it is only necessary for them to ensure that they provide one EC number on the form.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 823
Vexatious litigants
Claimants who repeatedly lodge tribunal claims may find themselves debarred from filing any more complaints without getting the prior permission of a judge.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 819
Res judicata
Once a court has heard and made a decision on a particular matter, the complainant does not have the right to return to that court for the matter to be reheard.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 818
No realistic prospect of success
Although tribunals should be careful when figuring out whether a claim will succeed, equally they should not shy away from using the powers that they possess.
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.