There have been a number of recent legal rulings finding that individuals who are categorised by businesses as self-employed contractors are, in reality, workers or employees who are entitled to minimum worker benefits, such as the National Minimum Wage, statutory...
Employment law legislation excludes certain conditions from the definition of disability, including a tendency to steal, set fires, or physically or sexually abuse other persons. An employee working for Durham County Council as an anti-social behaviour...
The Government has published its Good Work Plan today. The Plan sets out the Government's vision for the future of the UK labour market, as well as how it intends to implement the recommendations arising from the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. What...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published new guidance on passwords in online services and encryption under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The main points: Organisations should have an encryption policy and train staff in the use of...
From 6 April 2019, payslips MUST be given to "workers" and not just employees. Payslips MUST also have the following information on them: the total number of hours worked where the pay varies according the hours worked, for example under variable hours or...
GIG ECONOMY CASES Pimlico Plumbers The Supreme Court has decided that a plumber who brought a case against his former employer was in fact a “worker” and should therefore be entitled to holiday pay and other basic workers’ rights. The court upheld the previous...
London General Transport Services was found guilty of harassment, discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal, after a female bus driver employee lodged a grievance about multiple counts of sexual harassment from her majority-male team, only to be told by her...
The Employment Rights Act 1996 will be amended with effect from 6 April 2019 so that every worker will have the right to be given a written itemised pay statement at or before the time at which any payment of wages or salary is made to him or her. Where an employer...
The Court of Appeal has held that continuing to work (in this case for two years) following the imposition of a contractual pay-cut will not always be treated as acceptance of those terms. Previously it was thought that an employee’s decision to continue working...
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