Employment

Articles

12 Jun 2012

Cable to prevent settlement offers being used against employers in unfair dismissal claims

Move will make it easier for employers and staff to agree, Cable says

1 May 2012

Lapdancer was employee, EAT rules

A lapdancer at Stringfellows was an employee and entitled to claim unfair dismissal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled.

16 Apr 2012

Rise in discrimination claims predicted

Solicitors warn of 'sting in the tail' after unfair dismissal rules change

20 Feb 2012

Accounts manager who commuted to Libya was employed in UK

Supreme Court says tribunal can hear claim

20 Feb 2012

Employment update

Sue Ashtiany reviews the changes to unfair dismissal claims, the employment tribunal review, the modern workplaces consultation, contract claims and dismissal, and a discrimination case

13 Feb 2012

Man who worked in Libya was employed in UK, Supreme Court says

An accounts manager who worked in Libya, and whose manager was based in Cairo, was employed in the UK and could claim unfair dismissal, the Supreme Court has ruled.

6 Feb 2012

Fixed-share partners cannot 'have their cake and eat it'

Lester Aldridge partner not an employee, appeal judges decide

9 Jan 2012

Uncommon remedies

The Supreme Court decision refusing a dismissed employee compensation for the way he was sacked provides a further prompt to review the interaction of employment legislation with common law remedies, says Catriona Stirling