by JMA | 13th June, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a recent case, Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v Deutsche Bank SAE, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has held that in order to comply with the EU Working Time Directive (“the Directive”), employers must have a reliable and objective system...
by JMA | 26th April, 2019 | Uncategorized
A recent case in the High Court (Antuzis v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd) has resulted in the director and company secretary being found personally liable for the company’s breaches of contract. The employees had brought claims for breach of contract resulting...
by JMA | 23rd April, 2019 | Uncategorized
From time to time we come across employers who have failed to issue their employees with any written statement of terms and conditions, in some cases the employees have been working for them for many years. Obviously, apart from the legal requirement to do so with two...
by JMA | 23rd April, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Home Office has published new guidance consisting of information for employers on right to work checks and the immigration status of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members working in the UK after Brexit. The guidance states that employers should...
by JMA | 2nd April, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again when new rates apply for the purposes of calculating compensation and statutory redundancy payments. The main changes in rates are: The maximum amount of a ‘week’s pay’ used to calculate statutory redundancy pay and other payments...
by JMA | 12th February, 2019 | Uncategorized
Acas has published new guidance on Age Discrimination which includes a helpful summary of the current law and some practical guidance in three useful factsheets: Age discrimination key points for the workplace Age discrimination ten obligations for employers Age...
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