Explore the realm of protected rights in employment, focussing on safeguarding employee entitlements and ensuring compliance with anti-discrimination laws. This topic is essential for practitioners advocating for fair treatment in the workplace.
The Work Rights Centre (WoRC) has published a report examining the growing backlog in employment tribunals, notable hearing delays and the impact on...
The Government’s Equality (Race and Disability) Bill was notably absent from today’s King’s Speech, despite expectations in some quarters that the...
The House of Commons library has published a research briefing on fire and rehire, examining the tactics used by employers, the current legal context...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has published the outcome of the consultation on the development of a new Industrial Strategy, issued as...
The government has published proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2024 to 2025 including in respect of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory...
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant is a woman and the Respondent is [enter details,...
Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving...
Constructive dismissaldismissal of an employee by their employer will typically be at the instigation of the employer. In other words, the employer...
Remedies for breach of working time rightsThere are three situations where workers can bring a claim as an individual for breach of their rights under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR 1998), SI 1998/1833. They are:•where there has been a breach of a worker's WTR 1998 rights•where a worker has
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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