'No show' clauses

• Friday, 5th September
• 'Penalty clauses' in contracts are unlawful and unenforceable, they are arbitrary fines for non-performance. A considered estimate of actual loss incurred by a breach of contract is though valid.
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TUPE liability

• Friday, 29th August
• What happens if a contract is terminated with one service provider and awarded to two new contractors. Transferring employees would be split between them depending on the share of the work? No say the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
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The right to request flexible work

• Tuesday, 26th August
• With the extending of the right to request flexible work to parents of children under 16, there are also plans to streamline the process of making a request and to publicise said right - particularly to fathers.
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A level playing field

• Friday, 15th August
• The law of disability discrimination has been shaken by a ruling of the House of Lords
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The Dark Corners of the Labour Market

• Thursday, 7th August
• Because "there are still dark corners of the labour market", a new Fair Employment Enforcement Board has been established by Employment Relations Minister Pat McFadden, to co-ordinate the efforts of the existing enforcement bodies.
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The fun of being a lawyer

• Monday, 4th August
• Last month's ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal that an unreasonable delay in a disciplinary process was automatically unfair under the Dispute Resolution Regulations has been reversed by the Court of Appeal.
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Adieu to the 35 hour week

• Friday, 25th July
• Following the French socialist government's introduction of the 35 hour week in 2000 President Sarkozy has introduced new legislation to allow much greater flexibility in working hours
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Holy Smoke!

• Monday, 14th July
• A registrar has won her claim against Islington Council for religious discrimination following her refusal to carry out same-sex civil partnership ceremonies. She was disciplined and threatened with dismissal if she did not comply
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Up the Garden [Leave] Path

• Monday, 7th July
• A recent case has has put an important qualification on the right to work when gardening leave is not specified in an employees contract
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The new Equalities Bill

• Friday, 27th June
• The gender paygap is still 17%, so to combat this and other forms of discrimination there is to be a new single Equalities Act to replace the many different discrimination acts and regulations.
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