Employment Law

In the recent case of Crawford v Network Rail Infrastructure UKEAT/0316/16 the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employee should be able to take their compensatory rest break in…

  Following recent news stories involving the comparative remuneration of BBC presenters, the gender pay gap has once again come to the forefront of the public’s attention. With the introduction…

  So-called ‘Aussie Flu’ is dominating the news at the moment and very few people haven’t come into contact with someone who has suffered through the symptoms or who knows…

  Following the case of Antovic and Mirkovic v Montenegro, the European Court of Human Rights was asked to determine whether video surveillance of lecture halls, where classes were held,…

Rolled-up holiday pay is the calculation of a rate of pay to a worker which includes holiday pay such that the worker does not receive pay when they take annual…

Christmas is fast approaching and millions of people across the UK will be finalising their festive plans. Despite knowing that Christmas comes around at the same time every year, employers…

According to the EAT (Employment Appeal Tribunal) in the case of Metropolitan Police v Denby, where another person influences a decision-maker in a discriminatory way, this may result in them…

Businesses face the prospect of a fall in productivity, either due to absenteeism, employees being unable to complete work, or a combination of the two as weather conditions worsen as…