Most employers and HR staff with experience of dealing with redundancies are aware of the requirements for collective consultation. Section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 requires employers, where 20 or more employees are proposed to be made redundant within a period of 90 days, to consult with the employees who…
In Monmouthshire County Council -v- Harris the Employment Appeal Tribunal was asked to review a finding in the Cardiff Employment Tribunal that Mrs Harris was unfairly dismissed and that the dismissal was an act of disability discrimination. At a remedy hearing in September 2014 she was awarded £238,216.37. The Employment Appeal Tribunal proceeded on the basis…
It is very common when receiving instructions in connection with unfair dismissal claims for the complainant to compare they way they have been treated with the treatment of other employees, e.g. “it’s not fair because he did far worse than me and only got a written warning”. In nearly all such cases the treatment of others…
I imagine that, if asked, many people in employment would say that they work very hard. Controversially, at the recent Conservative Party Conference, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, suggested benefits cuts would make people “work hard” by strengthening the nation’s work ethic. He said: My wife is Chinese, and if we want this to be one…
On 15 October the Department for Business Innovation and Skills published its Zero Hours Contracts: Guidance for Employers. This web-based resource is fairly brief but usefully covers the main issues. As I have mentioned before the term “zero hours contract” is not legally defined so the Government’s description is helpful: A zero hours contract is…