Spring Budget 2024 – Employees and Employers
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has delivered the Budget, setting out the government’s plans for taxation and spending in the coming period.
Spring Budget 2024 – Employees and Employers
Updated Guidance on Fire and Rehire
The Government has published its response to the consultation on Dismissal and Re-Engagement and has issued an updated version of the Code of Practice.
Recruitment and Discrimination
Did an oral job interview discriminate against a disabled applicant with a stammer?
Re-introduction of Employment Tribunal Fees
The Government has commenced a consultation on the reintroduction of fees in the Employment Tribunal (ET) and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).
Writing the Future – Settling Unknown Employment Claims
Scotland’s supreme civil court has ruled on whether unknown future claims can be settled under the Equality Act.
Constructively Dismissed or Contract Affirmed?
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision provides important guidance as to when an employee claiming constructive dismissal will be treated as having affirmed their employment contract and undermined their claims.
Can an employer rely on a “heat of the moment” resignation?
The EAT has recently allowed an appeal where an employment tribunal erred in finding that an employee’s resignation made in the “heat of the moment” was really intended.
The Rising Cost of Immigration
Increases in Home Office fees coupled with higher minimum salary requirements are driving up the cost of hiring Skilled Workers.
Deliveroo riders lose Supreme Court case
The Supreme Court has confirmed that Deliveroo riders are not employees and therefore cannot benefit from trade union protections in what has been seen as a “win” for companies operating in the gig economy.