Employment Law

Employment Tribunal Judgments are now available to view online. You can view the site here. Previously, in order to read a first instance judgment, you had to hope that...

This week has seen new Presidential Guidance issued in respect of ‘Judicial Assessment’. In summary, judicial assessment is an Employment Judge providing the parties with an impartial and confidential...

The headline of the press release is “Government pledges to act on employment rules that could be stifling British innovation”. Whenever I see such a headline emanating from a...

The government has confirmed that fees are to be introduced for the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal from 29th July 2013. You can view the announcement here:...

You can now view the Government response to the ‘Implementing Employee Owner Status’ consultation. http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/employment-matters/docs/i/12-1338-implementing-employee-owner-status-government-response.pdf You will note paragraph 3 which begins: “Whilst a very small number of responses...

Employment law is in the news again. You can view report via the Guardian of the latest proposals here We of course must wait to see the detail of any legislation...

On Tuesday 26th June in Teesside and Thursday 28th June in Newcastle, I delivered seminars on the topic of “Social Media and Technology in the Workplace.” Given the role...

Last week the government published a draft Statutory Instrument enabling Employment Judges to sit alone in unfair dismissal cases from 6th April 2012. It is expected that the Statutory...

Happy New Year to all of the readers of this website. 2012 will bring changes in employment law. Of particular note is the move to have Employment Judges sit...

Maurice Kay LJ (The Vice President of the Court of Appeal Civil Division) sitting with Rix LJ and Rimer LJ in Ministry of Defence v Cartner EWCA Civ...