European Parliament votes to scrap working time opt-out The European Parliament has voted to abolish the provision currently contained in the Working Time Directive which...

Acas consults time off for trade union duties and activities Acas has started consultation a draft code of practice for time off for trade union...

Duty on employers to consider employee study and training requests Employers will have a statutory duty to consider employees’ applications for study and training under...

Unsuccessful job applicant wins right to see all applications In ICO Decision Notice re Leicester City Council, a complainant had unsuccessfully applied for internal vacancies....

Commission considers 48-hour working week opt-out should stay The European Commission has delivered an opinion rejecting the European Parliament’s proposal to scrap the opt-out from...

Loss of final salary pension rights continued beyond loss of earnings In Roberts v Aegon UK Corporate Services Ltd, the EAT upheld a tribunal’s decision...

Recession drives City trader challenge bonus in tribunal In Tradition Securities and Futures SA v Mouradian, the Court of Appeal confirmed that a broker was...

Tribunal failed to consider reasonableness of investigation overall In Compass Group UK v Celebi, the EAT overturned a tribunal’s decision of unfair dismissal. The tribunal...