How To Calculate Holiday Pay For Workers With Variable Hours
In the Harpur Trust v Brazel case, the Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal’s ruling in 2019 that ‘part year’ workers on permanent contracts are entitled to full holiday entitlement and holiday pay, regardless of the actual hours worked during the year. This has left many employers confused and wondering how to calculate holiday […]
Boss, 58, Sacked And Replaced With Younger Woman Wins Age Discrimination Claim
There are fewer and fewer among us who can stretch their minds back to 1983 and the first viewing of the original Ghostbusters in cinemas. When Sigourney Weaver, possessed by a demon asks Bill Murray ‘Do you want this body?’ He rather wittily sidesteps with, ‘Is that a trick question? I make it a rule […]
No Minister
In Litigation, as in so much else, Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents P Poor Performance. This is the essential element of seeking out information, witnesses and any supporting documentation. This is all vital as every Judge expects at least one of the parties in any litigation to be lying (notwithstanding a potential life sentence for […]
Plus Ça Change … Voltaire Was Right
Covid and Employment Law – Where Are We Now?
As the increasingly bizarre antics of Novak Djokovic fascinate more and more around the world, and domestic discontent with anti-vaxxers rises throughout Europe, it is probably high time to review how the (legal, not medical) position has changed – if it has – over the last two years. Fundamentally, the almost miraculous success of so […]
Can You Dismiss An Employee For Refusing To Wear A Face Mask?
Hairdresser Wins Case Over False Self-Employment
Employee Sues Employer For £9.7million
An employee has sued their former bank for issues around an ageism allegation and managed to win £9.7m in compensation. The banker who was formerly employed by Citibank claims that he was pushed out of his position and pushed out of the company he has worked for because he was considered too old. The court […]
Jacks Law
From 6 April 2020, parents who experience the loss of a child or experience stillbirth will be entitled automatically to two weeks’ statutory parental bereavement leave. The Government has confirmed the change in employment law, and it will be known as Jack’s Law in memory of Jack Herd, whose mother had campaigned on this issue […]
Oxford Uni to keep retirement policy and appeal ageism ruling
Oxford University are set to appeal against an employment tribunal ruling last month that said it had broken the law when dismissing Professor Paul Ewart at the age of 69. The prestigious university wants to keep its existing retirement policy in place instead and is considering an appeal against the decision of the employment tribunal. […]
