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Employment law watch - UK case law update

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 15 2013

It has been a busy few weeks with several new interesting employment cases being reported - here is a quick round up of a few that caught our eye:

As expected, New York City Council overwhelmingly enacts paid sick leave law

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In a move that was expected for weeks, the New York City Council on May 8, 2013 finally passedby an overwhelming majoritya bill

Conditional veto of New Jersey social networking privacy law poising the bill to pass in a more ‘employer friendly’ form

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

Evidently reacting to a number of valid concerns regarding the legislature's proposed Social Networking Privacy law (A-2878), New Jersey Governor

New York City Council continues expansion of employee rights, is poised to enact paid sick leave legislation

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

Beginning in slightly less than one year, New York City is expected to join San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle in requiring its employers to

U.S. Supreme Court limits use of offers of judgment to avoid class actions

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

Q: What is easiest way to get rid of a wage and hour class action? A: Making an offer of judgment to moot the named plaintiff's claim by proposing

Loose lips sink... providers?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

Can a medical corporation be directly liable under New York law for breaching its common law fiduciary duty of confidentiality when a non-physician

UK employment tribunal fees - not just for employees!

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The draft Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 (the "Order") has just been published by Parliament, giving us an

Beware of unclear pay clauses

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 22 2013

The case of Anderson v London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority acts as a stark warning for employers when drafting contractual pay clauses

Aggravated damages for discrimination

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 22 2013

In HM Land Registry v McGlue, the EAT overturned the Tribunal's decision to award £5000 aggravated damages to the Claimant, making clear that there

Spanish Constitutional Court sides with employer on inspection of an employee's derogatory communications

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • April 18 2013

The Spanish Constitutional Court has dismissed a case brought by an employee whose online communications were inspected by his employer. The opinion