Employment law manual

Accessible and constantly updated guidance on employment law, tailored to the needs of the HR professional.

This tool:

Covers the entire employment lifecycle from recruitment and selection through to termination of employment.
Provides links to additional resources on each subject.
Alerts readers to forthcoming changes.

New and updated

Deductions from wages and attachment of earnings

Updated to include information on increases to repayment thresholds for student loans, effective from 6 April 2020.
Workplace pensions

Updated to include a reference to an FCA consultation on pension transfer advice.
Approved Persons, Senior Manager and Certification Regimes: financial services

Updated to include information on the FCA final rules on the extension of the SMR and CR to FCA-authorised firms on 9 December 2019.
Holiday and holiday pay

Updated to include a reference to The Harpur Trust v Brazel, concerning the calculation of holiday pay for part-year workers.
Equal pay

Updated to include information on McNeil and others v HMRC, in which the Court of Appeal considered the correct approach to "particular disadvantage" in an equal pay indirect discrimination claim.
Employing foreign nationals

Updated to include a reference to the Government's announcement about a proposed fast-track immigration route for scientists and researchers.
Formation of the employment contract

Updated to include information on Okedina v Chikale, in which the Court of Appeal considered if contractual claims could be blocked due to illegal working.
Common contract terms

Updated to include information on Hallett v Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, concerning a junior doctor's terms and conditions on the monitoring of rest breaks.
Human rights

Updated to include information on Page v NHS Trust Development Authority, in which the EAT considered if art.9 was engaged when a director was suspended after airing his views on same-sex adoption in the media.
Disability discrimination

Updated to include information on Forbes v LHR Airport Ltd, in which the EAT considered if posting an offensive image on Facebook was done "in the course of employment".

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