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Updated guidance for employers on carrying out right to work checks

17 July 2018

16 July 2018

Employer’s own contract required voluntary overtime to be included in holiday pay

In Flowers and Ors v East England Ambulance Trust, the Trust resisted claims that voluntary overtime should be included for holiday pay....

12 July 2018

Call for evidence on supporting ex-offenders on their path to employment

The Cabinet Office has issued a call for evidence on supporting ex-offenders on their path to employment as research shows that having a job can...

11 July 2018

More and more people will work on past state pension age

A report by Canada Life based on latest ONS employment figures reveals that 23 million workers say they will have to work past state pension...

10 July 2018

Acas publish new online guidance on overtime

Acas has published new online guidance on overtime which relates to any additional hours worked over and above a worker’s fixed, contractual working hours....

9 July 2018

Warning for 60 days’ sickness absence was discrimination arising from disability

In DL Insurance Services Ltd v O'Connor, O’C is disabled. In 2009, O’C asked to work flexibly and the employer made some reasonable adjustments....

5 July 2018

Home Office publishes details of settlement scheme for EU citizens

The Home Office has published details about how EU citizens living in the UK and their family members can apply for settled status allowing them...

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Acas issues hot weather tips for employers

4 July 2018

3 July 2018

Dismissal for posting customer details on Facebook was unfair

An ET finds that a supermarket employee was unfairly dismissed for posting an 86-year-old customer’s personal details on Facebook after he had assisted the customer...

2 July 2018

Disclosures have to have sufficient factual content and specificity to qualify for protection

The Court of Appeal hold that for a whistleblowing disclosure to qualify for protection, the information has to have a sufficient factual content and specificity...

28 June 2018

CAC decision that Deliveroo drivers not ‘workers’ subject to judicial review

The High Court has given the IWGB union permission for a judicial review of the CAC's decision that Deliveroo drivers are not workers for the...

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Latest ET statistics show single claims increased by 118%

27 June 2018

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