Legal Updates

Read More

Interim relief order overturned

28 July 2011

28 July 2011

Insistence on compromise agreement did not breach contract

A collective agreement in place between Mirror Group Newspapers and the British Association of Journalists, the terms of which were incorporated into individual contacts of...

11 July 2011

Adjustment to selection criteria not reasonable

In Lancaster v TBWA Manchester, the EAT held that the employer was not in breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled...

11 July 2011

Employer liable for third party harassment

In Sheffield City Council v Norouzi, the EAT ruled that the Council was liable for acts of racial harassment carried out by a child in...

11 July 2011

Employers need to manage older workers better

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has published a new survey demonstrating that older workers are often neglected when it comes to training...

11 July 2011

New public sector equality duties

The Government has now laid the draft Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 before Parliament....

11 July 2011

CIPD updates guide on international culture

In Lancaster v TBWA Manchester, the EAT held that the employer was not in breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled...

Read More

Tribunal statistics published for 2010/11

11 July 2011

23 June 2011

Employer liable for negligent misstatement in e-mail

In McKie v Swindon College, the High Court ruled that an ex-employer was liable to one of its former employees for the civil wrong of...

23 June 2011

Effect of collectively agreed terms following TUPE transfer

In Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron and others, the Supreme Court held that there should be a reference to the ECJ to establish whether......

23 June 2011

Changes to European Works Councils take effect

The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2010, implementing changes set out in the recast European Works Councils Directive, came into force on...

Read More

Low Pay Commission remit published

23 June 2011

Newsletter

Receive the latest HR news and strategic content

Please note, as per the GDPR Legislation, we need to ensure you are ‘Opted In’ to receive updates from ‘theHRDIRECTOR’. We will NEVER sell, rent, share or give away your data to third parties. We only use it to send information about our products and updates within the HR space To see our Privacy Policy – click here

Read the latest digital issue of theHRDIRECTOR for FREE

Read the latest digital issue of theHRDIRECTOR for FREE