Employment disputes

New and updated

• Vicarious liability: No duty of care to staff when defending civil claims

  Date:

  2 August 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In James-Bowen and others v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the Supreme Court held that, when defending a claim of vicarious liability, the Commissioner did not owe a duty to her police officers to take reasonable care to protect them from economic and reputational harm.

• Consultation on labour market enforcement strategy for 2019/20

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Government consults on the issues on which the director of labour market enforcement would like to receive evidence to inform his strategy for 2019/20, which is due for publication in 2019.

• Employer pension contributions included when calculating a "week's pay"

  Date:

  1 May 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In University of Sunderland v Drossou, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that employer pension contributions should be included when calculating a "week's pay" under s.221(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

• Mediation policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Revised to reflect current practice around mediation and to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, including its impact on the law relating to this document.

• Agreement to mediate

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Revised to reflect current practice around mediation.

• Mediation contract clause

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Revised to reflect current practice around mediation and to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on the document.

• How long will a potential claimant have to lodge an employment tribunal claim if early conciliation is not successful?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Covert recording of disciplinary panel's private deliberations was admissible

  Date:

  11 April 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Fleming v East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that covert recordings of the private deliberations of the disciplinary panel were admissible as evidence, except for any content covered by legal professional privilege.

• Industrial tribunal award limits increase in Northern Ireland

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Limits applying to various industrial tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation increase.

• Award limits and amounts payable under employment legislation - Northern Ireland

  Type:

  Quick reference

  A table summarising the award limits and amounts payable under employment legislation in Northern Ireland.