Is your company absence minded? A practical guide to long-term sickness

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Is your company absence minded? A practical guide to long-term sickness

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Can beneficial treatment be unfavourable?

Can beneficial treatment be unfavourable?

Discrimination arising from disability – a low threshold for unfavourable treatment.

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Good work plan

Good work plan

Taylor made progress as government plans to reform work.

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New year – new start

New year – new start

Katie Burley identifies some important resolutions you’ll want to keep.

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Uber rights for drivers?

Uber rights for drivers?

Ian Machray gives a legal update on whether Uber drivers are workers or self-employed.

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Sick of contractual breaches

Sick of contractual breaches

Ian Machray explores whether a dismissal for sickness absence was in breach of an implied term.

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Is the gig up?

Is the gig up?

We report on an employment status case that considered whether drivers for a taxi company were in fact workers.

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Holidays – don’t ask don’t get?

Holidays – don’t ask don’t get?

Pay for accrued leave when employment ends.

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Blowing the whistle on a decision to dismiss

Blowing the whistle on a decision to dismiss

Ian Machray explores whether employees can be personally liable for compensation flowing from the dismissal of a whistle-blower.

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Can an employer be liable for the actions of a rogue employee?

Can an employer be liable for the actions of a rogue employee?

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Half the hours, half the pay

Half the hours, half the pay

We explore whether paying 50% of full-time pay for 53.5% of full-time work was less favourable treatment of a part-time worker.

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“Banter” – where to draw the line?

“Banter” – where to draw the line?

Ian Machray explains a recent case which explored the boundary between banter and harassment.

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