All Change

• Monday, 28th January
• Does statutory holiday under the Working Time Regulations accrue during sickness? Few questions have occupied the courts for so long.
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Is it a Crime?

• Monday, 21st January
• The Protection from Harassment Act was designed to prevent stalking but fairly soon a sharp lawyer realised it could be used to bring a civil claim against an employer where bullying had taken place.
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Theirs not to reason why...

• Friday, 11th January
• Times are changing and the UK's redundancy consultation laws are growing ever closer to those of Europe
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Knowing the Socre

• Monday, 7th January
• New Statutory Dispute Resolution Regulations mean changes to redundancy scoring and consultation
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Master and Commander...oh and employee

• Monday, 17th December 2007
• There has been an on going debate in employment law as to whether a controlling shareholder of a company can also be its employee.
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Trial and Error

• Friday, 7th December 2007
• Most employers are aware that if an employee made redundant from one job is offered alternative employment, they have a statutory 4 week trial period in the new role. If they resign within the 4 weeks, they are still entitled to a redundancy payment.
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Appraisals - honestly

• Monday, 3rd December 2007
• A new survey has found that the majority of UK employees believe appraisals are not honest and are a waste of time
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"Sorry I was drunk at work, but I'm an alcoholic"

• Monday, 19th November 2007
• The Employment Appeal Tribunal rules alcoholism is no excuse for unacceptable conduct at work
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Human rights and religious organisations

• Monday, 29th October 2007
• Interesting judgment concerning how Article 9 of the Human Rights Act - freedom of thought conscience and religion - comes into play when assessing whether a church minister is an employee.
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Human rights and covert recordings

• Friday, 19th October 2007
• The Central London Employment Tribunal has handed down an interesting judgment in case where an employee had secretly taped his employer.
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