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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to reflect the Government's policy paper, which it published on 6 December 2018, on the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU in the event that no Brexit deal is reached.
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- Date:
- 7 November 2018
- Type:
- News
Employers will not need to make additional right-to-work checks on EU citizens in the event of a no deal Brexit, the immigration minister has confirmed, just days after stating the opposite.
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- Date:
- 25 October 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
Around a fifth of national employers - including a number of household name companies - ask jobseekers for information about criminal records they are not legally entitled to.
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- Date:
- 5 September 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Francis-McGann v West Atlantic UK Ltd, the employment tribunal ordered a pilot to repay £4,725 in training costs after it emerged that he provided a fake reference using the name of a character from Star Wars.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on the FCA's proposal to introduce a new public directory of individuals working in financial services.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on R (on the application of AR) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and another, in which the Supreme Court considered if the disclosure of a job applicant's acquittal for rape in an enhanced criminal records check was a breach of his human rights.
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- Date:
- 8 August 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In R (on the application of AR) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and another, the Supreme Court held that, although the disclosure of the appellant's acquittal for rape was an interference with his human rights, it was justified. However, the Court expressed concern at the lack of guidance for employers on how to deal with disclosures of serious criminal charges that result in acquittals.
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- Date:
- 2 August 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust v Lee and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a decision to withdraw a job offer that was at least partially influenced by a reference that focused on the applicant's sickness absence levels was discriminatory.
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- Date:
- 1 August 2018
- Type:
- News
The number of skilled foreign workers applying for visas under the Tier 2 system is still outstripping the number of visas available, despite doctors and nurses being removed from the restriction last month.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on the NHS streamlining programme.
