Sleep-in Shifts and the National Minimum Wage Care providers should review their rules regarding sleep-in shifts and National Minimum Wage regulations. Recent case law has highlighted failures by several employers to fail to meet the National Minimum Wage (or National...
Supreme Court Rejects Uber’s Appeal UPDATE – 5 December The Supreme Court today rejected Uber’s appeal. Uber will now have to appeal it’s case to the Court of Appeal; a situation Uber had tried to avoid by appealing to the UK’s highest court....
Smoking Breaks at Work Smoking breaks have been known to divide many an office. But how many breaks are employers required to provide? And is a smoking break one of them? Many employers have heard complaints or noticed silent protest from non-smoking employees about...
Government Begins Refunding Employment Tribunal Fees The UK government launched the first round of a phased plan to refund employment tribunal fees paid by tribunal claimants. Initial Employment Tribunal Fees Refund Scheme The government is initially contacting around...
Potential New Exception to the ‘Use It Before You Lose It’ Principle The appeal of The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King case has led to the submission of questions to the European Court of Justice as to whether workers can carry over untaken holiday if they...
Employment Tribunal Fees Update – 20 October 2017 Justice Minister Dominic Raab confirmed today that government has begun issuing refunds to those who have contacted the Ministry of Justice since the Supreme Court ruling in R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor. The...
