To which cases does the Acas Code apply?
When will an employee be able to claim an uplift for breach of the Acas Code?
July 20, 2016 No Comments
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Tottenham Hotspur wins case over taxation of Peter Crouch’s termination payment
Tottenham Hotspur did not need to pay employer’s National Insurance contributions in respect of the payments it made to Peter Crouch and Wilson Palacios when they transferred to Stoke City.
July 20, 2016 No Comments
Employee reinstated to job on restricted duties after dismissal 9 years ago
An Employment Tribunal has ordered that an unfairly dismissed employee be reinstated on restricted duties to the job from which she was dismissed 9 years previously.
July 20, 2016 No Comments
Confidential information on defendants’ computers ordered to be destroyed
The High Court has passed an injunction requiring that confidential information be deleted from the computers of the ex-employee and his new employer.
July 20, 2016 No Comments
Race discrimination may not include mistreatment due to immigration status
Domestic workers who are mistreated because of their vulnerable immigration status may not pursue race discrimination claims against their employers.
July 20, 2016 No Comments
Expectation that disabled employee would work late could be discriminatory
In a workplace where everyone works late, does the expectation of long working hours discriminate against disabled employees who struggle to comply?
July 20, 2016 No Comments
Is it lawful to ban a Muslim woman from wearing her headscarf at work?
Did G4S’s policy against wearing religious symbols at work discriminate against a Muslim employee who wanted to wear her headscarf?
July 20, 2016 No Comments
Excluding pupil with ADHD for having sex on school premises was not discriminatory
It was not discriminatory for a school to exclude a pupil with ADHD for having sex at school, as her ADHD was not serious enough to be a disability.
July 20, 2016 No Comments
France considers banning work emails outside of working hours
France is considering new legislation which, if passed, will ban employees from sending work-related emails when they are at home.
July 20, 2016 No Comments
Is it discriminatory to dismiss a Christian for standing by her paedophile husband?
A school decided to dismiss an employee for standing by her husband, who had committed child sex offences. Was this decision discriminatory because of the employee’s Christian beliefs?
July 20, 2016 No Comments
Brexit – What (Theresa) May happen now?
The UK has voted to leave the EU, but what now? BDBF consider where things currently stand and what we may expect in the future post-Brexit.
July 11, 2016 No Comments
A View from the Managing Partner: Brexit
In the first post of his new opinion series, “A View from the Managing Partner”, BDBF’s Gareth Brahams considers the potential impact of Brexit on employment law.
June 27, 2016 No Comments
