The Claimant worked as a tutor at the Respondent for two days a week. Almost a year later he accepted a zero hours contract to work three days a week another College. He did not inform the Respondent of his employment with the College in breach of an express term in his contract requiring him […]
Discriminatory Dismissal of Christian employee
An employment tribunal has held that a Christian nursery employee was directly and indirectly discriminated against by her employer in the case of Mbuyi v Newpark Childcare (Shepherds Bush) Ltd. The discrimination was on the grounds of her religion or belief following her dismissed for expressing negative views about a colleague’s homosexuality. The employee did […]
Review of Tribunal Fees announced
The Government has formally announced that it will be reviewing Employment Tribunal Fees for both the Tribunal and the EAT including the remission scheme to see how successful it has been in achieving the original objectives. The review will make recommendations for any changes to the structure and level of fees, including streamlining procedures to […]
Equal Pay still a pipe dream
Equality for men and women in the area of pay has been a topic on the political debate for years. We are still yet to achieve equality in many sectors and it seems us lawyers cannot achieve it either. A recent survey by the legal recruiter Laurence Simons Salary Survey which surveyed more than 2,500 […]
Flexible Working Awareness Day
With a day for most occasions, it may have passed you by that apparently Wednesday 6th May was Flexible Working Awareness Day. It was publicised as the day where employers could showcase the progress they had made in flexible working and the benefits that this brought to the business. There was no mad rush to […]
Raising a grievance during a disciplinary hearing
One question we are frequently asked by employers is whether they need to adjourn a disciplinary hearing in order to deal with a grievance the employee has raised. There is no set answer as it depends on the nature of the grievance. As employment law solicitors we are very much alive to the issue that […]