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 792
Indefinite disclosure
Although tribunals are required to ensure that proceedings are carried out transparently, they have to balance this against the privacy rights of individuals.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 790
Legal privilege
According to the rules that apply to the confidentiality of the client lawyer relationship, they do not cover disclosure of information to a non-legal advisor.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 789
Suspension of staff
ACAS has issued advice to employers, setting out the conditions under which they can request staff to stop work on a short-term basis.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 788
Awareness of time limits
When potential claimants take the decision to lodge a tribunal claim, they must ensure that they familiarise themselves with all the relevant cut-off dates.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 781
Giving up collective rights
The appeal tribunal has clarified that just because an employer puts forward a proposal which they say is final, negotiations are not necessarily at an end.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 779
Threat to workers’ rights from trade talks
Following the decision to leave the EU, the UK has engaged in commercial talks with other countries, many of which have a poor record of labour movement rights.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 776
No strike-out
In claims involving termination of employment, it is crucial for tribunals to hear all the testimony before coming to the conclusion that the claim is baseless.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 773
Reasonable tribunal decision
When bringing a claim that a first instance decision is perverse, the employment appeal tribunal has confirmed that a very high bar is needed for it to succeed.
Employment rights
Weekly Issue 771
Anonymised disposal
Tribunal rules regarding the publication of potentially sensitive documentation revolve around the two straightforward principles of relevance and necessity.
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.