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9 Feb 2021 16:57
Employment Case Law update by Laura HalsallEmployment team member Laura Halsall has written a case law update looking at the top employment law cases of 2020. Laura has included 10 cases in her summary and we hope it will be of benefit to those practising in employment and discrimination law. Laura is our employment team’s newest member, more...
9 Feb 2021 11:11
Universal Credit childcare payment system indirectly discriminates against womenR (Salvato) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWHC 102 (Admin) As any working parent will tell you, childcare is expensive. Unlike in some other European countries, there is no universal provision of free or affordable childcare for school age children in the UK. This can create a more...
4 Feb 2021 10:59
Simon Lofthouse QC and Zulfikar Khayum successfully defeat a challenge to arbitral award in respect of £1bn claimSimon Lofthouse QC and Zulfikar Khayum have successfully defeated a challenge to an arbitral award brought by a joint venture contractor in respect of a £1bn claim brought by their client who was the employer under a contract for the construction of a state-of-the-art hospital in Doha. The judgment more...
1 Feb 2021 10:26
Julian King in trio of Police Misconduct HearingsJulian King from Exchange Chambers has recently represented police officers in 3 separate misconduct hearings in Lancashire Constabulary. PC W faced allegations of possession of indecent images, PC M faced allegations of misuse of intelligence systems and false reports and Insp B faced allegations more...
25 Jan 2021 10:25
How is the criminal justice system stacked against black boys?When I discuss ethnic disproportionality in child prisons – pointing out that over half the children in custody are from BAME communities – people sometimes respond “but that must be because BAME children are accused and convicted of more serious crimes”. Or “but BAME children live in poor more...
20 Jan 2021 16:19
Coronavirus and employment law - latest newsFurlough With news that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended to 30 April 2021, employers would be wise to check the updated guidance on Gov.UK with regards to the current furlough arrangements and who can be included within the scheme. Click here to view the guidance. The Tribunals more...
18 Jan 2021 12:27
A Practical guide to religion and belief discrimination claims in the workplaceKashif Ali has written a book which explores the requirements and challenges of bringing workplace discrimination claims on grounds of religion and belief under the Equality Act 2010. Kashif is an Employment law specialist and fully trained mediator with over 15 years’ experience. He regularly acts more...
12 Jan 2021 15:14
Sunyana Sharma extols the benefits of secondments for barristers in Counsel magazineIn July 2013, barrister Sunyana SharmaSunyana SharmaCall: 2006 started a whole new area of regulatory and disciplinary law when she took up a secondment as a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) case presenter. For six months, she presented NMC cases up and down the country. The birth of her daughter more...
12 Jan 2021 12:17
Brexit and employment lawOn 24 December 2020 the UK and EU reached three agreements setting out the future relationship between the parties. Those three agreements comprise of the trade and co-operation agreement, the security of classified information agreement and finally the Euratom UK nuclear co-operation agreement. For more...
9 Dec 2020 17:17
Matthew Curtis edits the Employment and Discrimination team's December newsletterMatthew Curtis welcomes you to our last Employment and Discrimination newsletter of 2020 and thanks this month's contributors: Stephen Wyeth, Karen Moss, Colin McDevitt, Sarah Bowen, Lachlan Wilson, Andrew MacPhail and Joseph England. You will find this month’s newsletter packed full of 3PB news, more...
19 May 2020 16:24
DEALING WITH EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS: WHISTLEBLOWING AND THE EQUALITY ACTEmployment and discrimination specialist Tom Wood has written about dealing with employee complaints as the UK begins to return from lockdown. Follow the link to read the article. If you require any further information, please contact our Employment team clerks. more...
30 Mar 2020 14:48
Which employees can I furlough and how does the furloughing process work?Further details about the ‘Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’ have been announced by the government, outlining how the scheme will operate, and who will be eligible. Many businesses will now be considering what, if any, legal implications there may be in respect of how the furloughing process works. more...
25 Mar 2020 12:57
What does Manchester City’s Champions League ban have to do with human rights?Last month European football’s governing body, UEFA, announced that English champions Manchester City had been fined 30 million Euros and banned from the Champions League – the most illustrious competition in European football. The Adjudicatory Chamber of UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) more...
25 Mar 2020 11:13
Working in the UK construction industry during the coronavirus pandemicGeorgina Dietrich, a pupil barrister at 3PB, writes about the practical and legal challenges facing those working in the construction sector during the current pandemic. Read the full article here : Legal and practical challenges of working in the construction industry during the coronavirus more...
23 Mar 2020 12:16
George Rowell successfully appeals tribunal decision in football club minimum wage caseCommissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Middlesbrough Football and Athletic Company (1986) Ltd (Case UKEAT/0234/19/LA) What the Employment Appeal Tribunal Decided Middlesbrough Football and Athletic Company (1986) Ltd (“the Club”) operated a payroll deduction arrangement allowing its employees to more...
2020: ARE YOU READY FOR THE STORM IN THE LEGAL INDUSTRY? AGILITY AND FLEXIBILITY WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO SURVIVAL
David Kinnear is a Barrister and Mediator. He is also CEO and Publisher of High Performance Counsel (HPC), tracking the evolution of the modern legal industry. He can always be reached via email at dkinnear@hipcounsel.com. Note: This Op Ed. first appeared in High Performance Counsel (HPC) Magazine more...
15 Mar 2020 17:39
Coronavirus time off from work: your right to get paidThe impact of Coronavirus (Covid 19) on employees at work This blog is based on a selection of questions that we have recently received from employees about absence from work and pay/sick pay rights related to Coronavirus – also known as Covid 19. With the current spread of the virus in the UK (as more...
9 Mar 2020 13:40
Employee Fraud: A Sorry TaleEmployee fraud is dramatically on the increase – figures from ActionFraud showed that businesses in the UK lost £682m through fraud in 2018-2019, with the largest category being that carried out by employees, at £214m. It is unsurprising that defrauded employers may want to take recovery action when more...
9 Mar 2020 13:26
COVID-19 or "coronavirus": employment considerationsWorkers will now receive statutory sick pay from their first day off work as opposed to the previous rules, which saw them having sick pay from their fourth day off. The change has been brought in as a temporary measure to respond to the coronavirus update, but will lapse when it is no longer more...
6 Mar 2020 13:39
SAMIRA AHMED WINS EQUAL PAY CLAIM AGAINST THE BBCEqual work An employment tribunal held that the work done by Jeremy Vine on Points of View and Samira Ahmed on Newswatch was equal work. The tribunal held that the work of Samira Ahmed and Jeremy Vine when presenting their respective programmes was ‘like work’ i.e. work that is the same or broadly more...
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