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Equal pay: out of time tribunal claims can proceed in the High Court

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 7 2012

Employers could face a substantial increase in historic equal pay claims

Union recognition: union can apply to CAC where employees sufficiently strongly connected to GB

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 7 2012

The High Court has decided that a bargaining unit of pilots working for a UK registered company in several European countries was sufficiently strongly connected to Great Britain to enable the trade union to seek statutory recognition for collective bargaining from the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC

UK: Court of Appeal confirms no service provision change where client changes

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 7 2012

The Court of Appeal has upheld the EAT’s decision that the service provision change provisions of TUPE cannot apply where the client to whom services are being provided changes at the same time as the change in service provider

Holiday pay: possible challenge to calculation method in UK regulations

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 7 2012

The Supreme Court has ruled that UK aviation working time regulations can be interpreted to comply with the ECJ’s decision that holiday pay should reflect normal remuneration, ie pay intrinsically linked to the performance of contractual tasks (in this case including flight pay supplements and possibly some part of base allowances

Round-up of UK employment law developments October 2012

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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November 6 2012

Employers could face a substantial increase in historic equal pay claims

TUPE: some employees may be excluded from transfer of single client service

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 28 2012

Some employees may be left behind with a transferor contractor when a service is taken back in house by a client, even if the contractor only provided services to that one client

Employment law reform: consultations on settlements, unfair dismissal compensation and tribunal rules

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 28 2012

The Government’s position on a number of employment law reform proposals became a little clearer this month with the announcement of two new consultations, on termination and tribunal rules

Partners: LLP members are not “workers” protected from whistleblowing detriment

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 28 2012

The Court of Appeal has ruled that LLP members are not “workers” able to claim for detriment for whistleblowing, overturning an EAT decision reported here

Banker's bonuses: ex-Dresdner bankers secure bonus victory based on oral promise at staff meeting

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 10 2012

Financial institutions are well aware of the need for bonus schemes to be drafted very carefully to ensure discretions are not fettered unintentionally

Round-up of employment law developments in April 2012

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 1 2012

In Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes the Supreme Court has confirmed that employers need to give careful consideration when seeking to justify mandatory retirement ages

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