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 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.
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.