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Where an employer has unreasonably failed to comply with the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, an Employment Tribunal (ET) may uplift an award of compensation by up to 25 per cent, as a recent case demonstrates ( Smith v Amadeo...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld an appeal against a decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET) that a bus driver was unfairly dismissed, finding that the ET had erred in substituting its own view for that of the employer ( Metroline Travel Ltd...
The government has confirmed that, subject to Parliamentary approval of the regulations implementing the change, parents with babies in neonatal care will be entitled to Neonatal Care Leave from 6 April 2025. Neonatal Care Leave will apply to parents of...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently ruled that an Employment Tribunal (ET) claim brought nearly three months after the issuing of an early conciliation certificate was out of time, notwithstanding the fact that a second early conciliation...
Under Section 179(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 , a collective agreement is presumed not to be legally enforceable unless it contains a provision stating that the parties intend it to be so. However, terms in a...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that an Employment Tribunal (ET) erred in law in its consideration of what was required for harassment to be 'related to' a protected characteristic, and also erred in its approach to a complaint of...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual statistics on ill health and injuries in the workplace for the year 2023/24. The number of employees who reported suffering from work-related ill health was 1.7 million. This is broadly...
Under Section 111A(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 , evidence relating to pre-termination negotiations is inadmissible if an employee later brings a claim of unfair dismissal, subject to certain exceptions. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently...
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) has published templates for employers to help them prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The Equality Act 2010 defines sexual harassment as unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, which has the purpose...
A woman has succeeded in her unfair dismissal claim after the behaviour of a director of the company she worked for led her to resign from her job ( Hanson v Interaction Recruitment Specialists Ltd ). The woman had worked for her employer, a recruitment...
