Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom | 22 Mar 2019
As is usual, a number of changes in employment law will be taking place in April. First, the national minimum wage will increase with effect from 1…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom | 19 Jul 2018
In Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake [2018] EWCA Civ 1641, the Court of Appeal has ruled that workers who work overnight sleep-in shifts in the…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom | 5 Apr 2018
In Mruke v Khan [2018] EWCA Civ 280, the Court of Appeal had to decide whether a domestic worker who resigned after being paid only 33 pence per hour…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom, USA | 17 Nov 2017
In Uber BV and others v Aslam and others UKEAT/0056/17/DA, the Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed Uber's appeal and upheld the employment tribunal's…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom | 5 May 2017
In three joined appeals (the lead case being Focus Care Agency v Roberts UKEAT/0143/16), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether night…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom | 17 Feb 2017
In Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith [2017] EWCA Civ 51, the Court of Appeal considered whether a plumber engaged by Pimlico Plumbers Ltd…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 23 Jan 2017
2017 looks set to be a busy year in employment law, with some fairly significant developments expected. Key changes include the introduction of…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom | 30 Sep 2016
We focus on the new employment legislation that will come into force on or around 1 October 2016. Various proposals were expected to come into force…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom | 4 Aug 2016
The company behind car-hailing app Uber is currently the subject of an employment tribunal claim by two of its drivers, who claim that they are…
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP | United Kingdom | 23 Oct 2015
In Shannon v Rampersad and Rampersad T/A Clifton House Residential Home UKEAT/0050/15, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a care home…