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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The length of non-compete clauses will be limited to three months.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to include information on the Government's consultation on a draft code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement.
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- Date:
- 17 January 2023
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
We reflect on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge in 2023. These include cases on: gender identity, holiday pay, coronavirus-related health and safety cases, industrial action, and dismissal and re-engagement.
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- Date:
- 1 December 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three employment tribunal cases in which employers criticised or disciplined employees for their social media activities.
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- Date:
- 18 October 2022
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
If an employer dismisses for gross misconduct, what does this mean for an employee's contractual rights? Does a failure to pay notice pay, make an otherwise fair dismissal unfair? Max Winthrop, partner at Sintons LLP, joins us to answer these questions and more, drawing on his legal and practical expertise. Max also shares his thoughts on the potential for significant change to employment law under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
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- Date:
- 26 July 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Harpur Trust v Brazel, the Supreme Court held that holiday pay for part-year workers should not be calculated on a pro rata basis, but by applying the approach set out in s.224 of the Employment Rights Act.
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- Date:
- 8 July 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
In some countries, clauses that restrict employees from working for a competitor or setting up their own business after they leave are not enforceable unless the ex-employee is paid. But would this work in the UK? Justin T Tarka, employment lawyer at Ogletree Deakins, looks at the pros and cons.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that the Exclusivity Terms for Zero Hours Workers (Unenforceability and Redress) Regulations 2022 have been implemented.
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- Date:
- 1 July 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.
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- Date:
- 7 June 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the actions of the employer led to successful unfair constructive dismissal claims.