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- Type:
- Law reports
Updated to reflect that the Supreme Court has granted Ms Tomlinson-Blake, supported by Unison, leave to appeal the Court of Appeal's decision in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake.
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- Date:
- 16 January 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
The courts have seen a significant rise in the number of employment claims brought by large groups of individuals. The most common employee 'class actions' relate to equal pay and worker status. Caroline Stroud from Freshfields looks at the types of class action claims on the increase and how employers should respond.
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- Date:
- 11 January 2019
- Type:
- Audio and video
Which employment cases will have the biggest impact on HR in 2019? We assess the likely impact on employers of upcoming cases on: the national minimum wage, shared parental leave, holiday pay, restrictive covenants, collective bargaining, covert CCTV, and employment status.
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- Date:
- 6 December 2018
- Type:
- News
The High Court has held that Deliveroo riders are self-employed and cannot form a collective bargaining unit.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include a link to the government website where data submitted by public-sector employers relating to facility time will be published.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include a link to the government website where data submitted by public-sector employers relating to facility time will be published.
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- Date:
- 8 August 2018
- Type:
- News
In a case that could open the door for more than 3 million outsourced workers to negotiate directly with their de facto employer, the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has been granted a judicial review before the High Court.
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- Date:
- 2 May 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and others [2018] IRLR 428 EAT, the EAT held that the employer made unlawful inducements when it sent letters to employees asking them to agree a pay deal that had been rejected by their trade union. The employer had sought the "prohibited result" that - for the following year at least - the employees' terms would no longer be determined by collective agreement, even though the employer had no intention of actually derecognising the union.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Additional information on the law on the consequences of trade union recognition for NHS employers. To be read in conjunction with the general information on the law on the consequences of trade union recognition.
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- Date:
- 11 January 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employer offered unlawful inducements when it attempted to bypass collective bargaining with a trade union by making pay offers directly to its members.
