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- Date:
- 1 April 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Claire Thomas is managing associate, and Chris McAvoy, Joelle Parkinson, David Rintoul, and Gerri Hurst associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 1 March 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is a partner and Colin Makin, Sandra Martins, Melissa Powys- Rodrigues and Linda Quinn are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 14 February 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers the employment status of a dancer in Stringfellows.
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- Date:
- 31 January 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal that, where there are multiple respondents and particular loss cannot be attributed to one party, employment tribunals must award compensation on a joint and several liability basis, meaning that the claimant can claim the entire amount from any respondent.
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- Date:
- 23 January 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Local Government Yorkshire and Humber v Shah EAT/0587/11 & EAT/0026/12, the EAT held that the potential uplift in compensation awarded where an employer unreasonably fails to comply with the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" applies only in the case of employees. A worker who was subjected to an unlawful detriment was not entitled to an uplift.
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- Date:
- 18 January 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers continuity of employment when an employee is dismissed, but re-employed almost immediately by the same company.
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- Date:
- 11 December 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers whether or not oral assurances given during negotiations that took place before a contract was signed trumped the written contractual terms.
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- Date:
- 1 December 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Georgina Kyriacou and David Malamentenios are partners and Melissa Powys-Rogrigues, Sandra Martins, Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 1 November 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Carly Mather, Lydia Newman and Amy Ross-Sercombe are associates and Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 24 October 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Supreme Court has held that civil courts should retain their discretion when deciding whether or not to strike out equal pay claims that are time-barred from being heard in the employment tribunal.