Employment law articles
Practice group: Employment law
26-02-10
Employment Tribunal statistics published
The Tribunals Service has published the Employment Tribunal (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) statistics for 1 April 2008 to 31...
24-01-10
The beneficial effects of workplace mediation
James Townsend, senior associate and employment law expert at B P Collins, looks at mediation in the workplace.
"Mediation in the...
18-01-10
Green light for employment claims | Religion and Belief
A landmark ruling by a Judge has decreed that an employee’s environmental views deserve the same protection in the workplace as religious...
17-01-10
Without prejudice communications can be admissible
The phrase 'without prejudice' is commonly used where parties in a dispute wish to keep communications relating to its settlement from...
16-01-10
Default retirement age consultation
In its recent decision rejecting the charity Age UK’s challenge to the default retirement age of 65 – introduced in 2006 by the...
15-01-10
Annual increase in tribunal awards
The Employment Rights (Revision of Limits) Order 2009, which details the annual inflation-linked changes in limits on the compensation...
14-01-10
Sickness and holiday leave
The EU Working Time Directive lays down minimum health and safety requirements for the organisation of working time. The purpose of the...
12-01-10
Job applicants and criminal records
A recent ruling of the Court of Appeal means that employers will be able to access information on old minor convictions when carrying out...
11-01-10
Preventing illegal working - Keep a copy!
The publicity surrounding the imposition of a fine of £5,000 on Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, for a breach of immigration law...
10-01-10
Disability discrimination by association - Complying with EU Law
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has handed down a far-reaching judgment in the long-running case of Coleman v Attridge Law, which...
09-01-10
Damages for wrongful dismissal
When an employee brings a claim for unfair dismissal to the Employment Tribunal (ET), there is a statutory cap on the amount of...
08-01-10
Racial discrimination in recruitment
The results of an experiment by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to test racial discrimination in recruitment practice are a...
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