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Timing redundancy consultation

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 16 2011

One of the most important questions that employers need to address when planning collective redundancies is when they should start consultation in order to stay on the right side of the law

Ballots and injunctions

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 18 2010

Having won two High Court injunctions, British Airways narrowly lost in the Court of Appeal when Unite succeeded in overturning an order restraining planned strike action because of alleged irregularities in the way their members had been told the result of the ballot

Flexibility in the future

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

After a period of uncertainty the Government has confirmed that the Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 will go ahead as planned by the Labour Government

Don't forget about employee representatives

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

An apparently straightforward sale of a nursing home left the seller with a large bill for protective awards after failing to arrange for the election of employee representatives, as required by the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations (TUPE

New in October

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

The big change taking effect on 1 October was of course the implementation of the bulk of the Equality Act 2010, which modernises and consolidates all Britain's equality law

No end to chain of causation

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

In the past few months, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has corrected two common misconceptions about when an employer's liability for loss of earnings stops accruing, once it has been found to be in breach of employment legislation

Re-writing the law to give effect to EU rights

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

The EAT's ruling that wives of servicemen working for the MOD in continental Europe were entitled to bring sex discrimination claims in England is the latest in a line of employment cases where the EAT has boldly re-written domestic legislation to ensure the rights conferred by EU directives are effective

Beware: protected disclosures have a long shelf-life

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 14 2010

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that a worker is protected from victimisation for protected disclosures made in a previous employment

EAT re-writes sex discrimination law for overseas workers

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 21 2010

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that wives of service men working for the MOD in continental Europe were entitled to bring sex discrimination claims in England, even though the express wording of the Sex Discrimination Act ruled that out

Statutory holidays and long-term sickness: the latest

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 21 2010

Under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) workers are entitled to take, and be paid for, a minimum amount of annual leave in each leave year