There are times during any business’s lifetime where the organisation may require restructure or may need to reduce staffing levels. Any restructuring and redundancy process is tough for both employers and employees alike. After all, both restructuring and redundancy involve change and change makes people feel unsettled. As per employment law, employers are legally required […]
Supreme Court confirms that “self-employed” plumbers are workers in the recent case of Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith. Why does employment status matter? A self-employed contractor is paid what is agreed for a certain job to be done. How it is done, and by whom, is not relevant, so long as the job […]
Case study: Discrimination- Jerome Stern, chief executive of J Stern & Co is accused of constructively unfairly dismissing employee and victimisation. Some of you may have read the Evening Standard yesterday. There was an article about a former client manager for a private bank in Knightsbridge who has lodged a claim at the Tribunal against […]
In a landmark case, it has been decided that Employment tribunal fees are unlawful and they have been abolished. As every Employment Tribunal fee applied since 2013 has been collected illegally, the Government will need to provide a refund. The Employment tribunals have taken immediate steps to stop charging fees for proceedings in the Employment […]
Following the ECJ’s decision in the Lock case last year, the Employment Tribunal, last month held that the Claimant’s holiday pay should include an element of his commission. This will impact all future holiday entitlement. This decision will affect you if your employees receive commission. As an employer, check your holiday policy and the contracts […]
