Labour and European Law Review
Thompsons’ Labour and European Law Review (LELR) is recognised as an authoritative source of comment and discussion of rulings which fall under both UK and European law. Available to read here, and also via a weekly email bulletin, LELR offers considerable insight into the latest issues affecting trade unions and their members.
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Latest Issues
Weekly Issue 783
- Challenge to new agency regulations
- Issues of fairness
- No diplomatic immunity
Weekly Issue 782
- Paid neonatal leave
- Protection undermined
- Belief and lack of belief protection
Weekly Issue 781
- Increased demand for ACAS services
- Giving up collective rights
- Separate numbers
Agency workers
Weekly Issue 783
Challenge to new agency regulations
Thompsons has sent an ultimatum to the government on behalf of thirteen unions to rescind new regulations about using temporary workers which break other laws.
Redundancy and Protective Awards
Weekly Issue 783
Issues of fairness
When considering redundancy, tribunals have an obligation to consider certain matters to do with equity even if the parties to the claim did not mention them.
Vulnerable and migrant workers
Weekly Issue 783
No diplomatic immunity
There is no exemption from civil law in the UK for overseas diplomats if a tribunal finds they have been maltreating a worker employed in their own household.
Maternity/Parental rights
Weekly Issue 782
Paid neonatal leave
A new law provides protection for workers with babies born early so that they can take a specific period of leave if the baby has to be cared for in hospital.
Equality, discrimination and harassment
Weekly Issue 782
Protection undermined
The appeal tribunal has said that tribunals have a range of options open to them in disability cases, including the possibility of the person working elsewhere.
Equality, discrimination and harassment
Weekly Issue 782
Belief and lack of belief protection
The law says that workers with certain views have the right to be protected, but that only applies if they were discriminated against because of those views.
Information and consultation
Weekly Issue 781
Increased demand for ACAS services
According to the annual report from the conciliation service, there are more and more demands for its expertise ranging from giving advice to settling disputes.
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.
Information and consultation
Weekly Issue 781
Separate numbers
When lodging more than one claim, the appeal tribunal has confirmed that the claimant must make sure they have separate conciliation numbers for each of them.
Equality, discrimination and harassment
Weekly Issue 780
Protected philosophical beliefs
Because certain convictions, such as whether someone is a woman or a man, are legally protected, workers who hold those views cannot be discriminated against.
Freedom of information and data protection
Weekly Issue 780
Transcript recordings
Although tribunals have not historically audio-recorded their hearings, that is not to say that claimants do not have a right to a copy if they ask for one.
Compensation
Weekly Issue 780
Maximum uplift
The law says that if an employer breaches certain protocols, then the tribunal can increase recompense even if it was not clear which protocol they breached.