The ECJ has handed down its decision in the Woolworths and Ethel Austin cases as to the meaning of establishment in collective redundancy cases. You may recall in this case Woolworths counted each store as a separate establishment meaning for the smaller stores with a headcount of fewer than 20 it did not collectively consult […]
The woes of ACAS Early conciliation
Two recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions have been handed down concerning the failure to comply with ACAS early conciliation or correctly fill out the ET1 form. I suspect there will be more decisions of this nature from the EAT due to the prescriptive nature of the rules. In the first case, the Claimant submitted her […]
Vacancy – Employment Law Solicitor
Astons Solicitors is looking to recruit an Employment Law Solicitor to join our established and progressive employment law Firm in Northampton. The successful candidate will have experience in dealing with both respondent and claimant matters, be confident in providing strategic employment law advice and able to hit the ground running with their own case load. […]
The General Election
Following from our pre-election post and the outcome of the conservative majority, it is unlikely that we will see major reforms of the Employment Tribunal fees system. The last Government did however promise a review so it is likely that this will take place at some point after the summer. If Labour had won the […]
Election Time – How will you vote?
With the election just a week away we thought you would be interested to know what the various political parties are saying in their manifestos about employment law. Selected policies from each of the major parties are as follows: Conservatives A tougher threshold for strike action in the health, transport, fire and education sectors. Create […]
Holiday pay and commission
The Leicester Employment Tribunal has now delivered its long awaited decision in Lock v British Gas on holiday pay and commission. The Tribunal has found that Mr Lock’s holiday pay should include an element of commission. His commission was not based on time worked but was outcome based on sales achieved. Whilst it is a […]