Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Aug 2009
The case of Smith v Oxeter Learning Disability NHS Trust concerned a worker who was contracted to work 15 hours per week at a residential care home and occasionally required to sleep at the care home to be on call for night duty.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Jun 2009
The Government has announced that with effect from 1 October 2009 the standard rate of the national minimum wage will increase from £5.73 to £5.80.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Jun 2009
The Government has announced that it will introduce legislation, to come into effect on 1 October 2009, to prevent tips being used to top up wages to meet the national minimum wage.
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP | United Kingdom | 12 Mar 2009
BMW was criticised for being opportunist when it recently terminated the engagement of a large number of agency workers at its Mini manufacturing plant in Cowley, Oxford, giving them only one hour's notice.