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- Date:
- 14 February 2019
- Type:
- News
"Thousands" of current and former Morrisons shop floor staff are claimed to be in the process of bringing an equal pay case against the supermarket, which could result in pay-outs totalling £100 million.
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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:
- 11 February 2019
- Type:
- News
A government minister has promised to launch a consultation into limiting the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) against employees after further allegations emerged over retail billionaire Sir Philip Green.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley and others, in which the Court of Appeal considered if supermarket workers could compare their pay with that of depot workers, and whether or not their pay derived from a single source.
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- Date:
- 7 February 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley and others, the Court of Appeal held that workers in Asda supermarkets are entitled to compare their pay with the pay of depot workers because common terms of employment apply.
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- Date:
- 7 February 2019
- Type:
- Audio and video
Many employers are facing skills shortages and looking at new approaches to recruiting and retaining talent. Patrick Thomson, senior programme manager at the Centre for Ageing Better, and Alistair McQueen, head of savings and retirement at Aviva plc, explore what steps employers can take to encourage the retention of older workers.
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- Date:
- 6 February 2019
- Type:
- News
Pronounced regional accents can be a barrier to career progress and social mobility, as they are perceived negatively by some people.
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- Date:
- 4 February 2019
- Type:
- News
The average compensation awarded in workplace race discrimination cases fell by 14% over the past year, but the number of discrimination cases rose.
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- Date:
- 31 January 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In R (on the application of P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and other appeals, the Supreme Court held that the criminal record checks rule requiring disclosure where a person has more than one conviction, regardless of the circumstances of the offences, is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- Date:
- 31 January 2019
- Type:
- News
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Asda store workers can compare themselves to warehouse workers in their long-running equal pay dispute with the supermarket giant.
