Employment

Articles

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

21 Dec 2011

Methodist ministers are employees, appeal judges rule

Methodist ministers are employees and have the same unfair dismissal rights as other workers, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

19 Dec 2011

Employers 'hugely reassured' by unfair dismissal ruling

Supreme Court restricts common law claims

14 Dec 2011

MoJ plans to charge employment tribunal fees of up to £1,750

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has launched plans to charge fees ranging from £200 to £1,750 to bring employment tribunal claims.

14 Dec 2011

Supreme Court blocks common law unfair dismissal claims

The Supreme Court has refused to allow workers to bring common law claims against their employers on the grounds that the way they were dismissed breached their employment contracts.

5 Dec 2011

Claims game

Increasing the qualifying period for dismissal and introducing fees for tribunal litigation have caused concern in the employment law community, but are the proposed government reforms all bad? James Davies says the proposals contain some useful ideas, as Jane Wheeler welcomes process improvements, but Edward Cooper warns about possible abuses

1 Nov 2011

Employment lawyers in angry reaction to No10 report

Former Apax boss tells prime minister to scrap unfair dismissal laws

26 Oct 2011

Former Apax boss tells Cameron to scrap unfair dismissal laws

Adrian Beecroft, former senior managing partner of global private equity and venture capital firm Apax, has called for the UK's unfair dismissal laws to be scrapped in a report for the prime minister.