Research in Scotland has revealed that nearly half of employment tribunal awards are not paid, while a further 13% of successful claimants receive only part of their award. This follows research carried out across the UK last year which showed that only 49% of successful claimants received payment in full, 16% received part payments with…
Over the last few years a tendency has emerged for employment law changes to take place in April and October each year, with the main changes in April. 2014 is no exception but should nonetheless be aware of four changes that come into effect tomorrow, 1 October. Antenatal rights for fathers and partners Under the…
The contentious issue of what are often referred to in the media as “public sector payoffs” has attracted a good deal of attention in the last few months. Faced with budget cuts and staff reductions there has been a good deal of irritation about managers receiving generous severance payments, only to take up alternative employment…
Carol Howard, a Police Constable, has been awarded £37,000 after taking her employer, the Metropolitan Police, to an Employment Tribunal. In its verdict the Tribunal found that PC Howard had been “bullied and victimised” by her boss, because she was black. The tribunal also went further in its condemnation of officers from Scotland Yard, saying…
That is the question that was asked by former President of the Employment Tribunals of England and Wales in a speech to The Law Society last June. It has turned out to be a timely question given the near-collapse of the current employment tribunal system following the introduction of fees, mixed reports about ACAS early conciliation (as I predicted)…