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Working time: rest breaks: opting out
WORKING TIME Rest periods Opt-out Case R (on the application of the Fire Brigades Union v South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority...

Robert Spicer
Sep 9, 20181 min read
Contracts of employment: part-time workers: comparison
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Part-time workers Categories of comparison Case Roddis v Sheffield Hallam University (2018) Morning Star, August...

Robert Spicer
Aug 29, 20181 min read
Unfair dismissal: trade union activities
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Automatic unfair dismissal Trade union activities Case Morris v Metrolink RATP DEV Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1358, Court of...

Robert Spicer
Aug 28, 20181 min read
Company director imprisoned after death of two workers
Company director imprisoned after death of two workers [remove for online] Health and Safety Executive v Simon Thomerson (2018) Luton...

Robert Spicer
Jul 25, 20181 min read
Unfair dismissal: gross misconduct: pattern of conduct
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Pattern of conduct Case Mbubaegbu v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust UKEAT/0218/17/JOJ Facts M, a...

Robert Spicer
Jul 24, 20181 min read
Contracts of employment: reality of position
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Reality of employment position Case Dynasystems for Trade and General Consulting v Mosley UKEAT/0091/17/BA Facts...

Robert Spicer
Jul 22, 20181 min read
Supreme Court upholds sanctity of contract
CONTRACTS No oral modification clause Variation Case Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2018] UKSC 24, Supreme...

Robert Spicer
Jul 18, 20181 min read
Contract of employment: worker: Supreme Court decision in Pimlico Plumbers
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Worker Case Pimlico Plumbers and another v Smith (2018) The Times, June 19, Supreme Court Facts The employment...

Robert Spicer
Jun 19, 20181 min read
Wages: unlawful deduction: limitation period
WAGES Deductions Time limit for claims Case Coletta v Bath Hill Court (Bournemouth) Property Management Ltd (2018 Morning Star, June 15,...

Robert Spicer
Jun 17, 20181 min read
Suspension from work: not neutral: breach of contract
BREACH OF CONTRACT Implied term of mutual trust and confidence Suspension Case Agoreyu v London Borough of Lambeth (2017) Morning Star,...

Robert Spicer
Oct 10, 20171 min read
ACAS Early Conciliation Certificate: names of employers
Early conciliation certificate Case Savage v JC 1991 LLP and others (2017) Morning Star, August 18 Facts S was dismissed for alleged...

Robert Spicer
Aug 20, 20171 min read
Whistleblowing: more than one employer can be liable
Worker More than one employer Case Day v Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and another (2017) The Times, June 26, Court of Appeal Facts D...

Robert Spicer
Jun 25, 20171 min read
Worker or employee or self-employed? Another tribunal decision
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT Mutuality of obligation Case Capita Translations v Slauclunas and another (2017) Morning Star, April 7, EAT Facts...

Robert Spicer
Apr 10, 20171 min read
Unfair dismissal: issues not raised by claimant
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Issues not raised in claim form Case Perry’s Motor Sales Ltd v Edwards (2017) Morning Star, February 17, EAT Facts E was...

Robert Spicer
Feb 18, 20171 min read
Trade union purposes
UNFAIR DISMISSAL Automatically unfair Trade union purposes Case Metrolink RATPDEV v Morris UKEAT/0113/16/RN Facts M, a union...

Robert Spicer
Feb 12, 20171 min read
Welfare rights workers: help people to organise to fight back for themselves
Positive proposals for welfare rights workers Such workers should devote much more of their time and energy to organising self-help,...

Robert Spicer
Dec 21, 20162 min read
Employment tribunal restricted reporting order: right to private life
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Restricted reporting order Right to private life Case Fallows and others v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2016] ICR...

Robert Spicer
Nov 23, 20161 min read
Glasgow City Council: settlement agreement set aside for lack of capacity
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Settlement agreement Power to set aside Case Glasgow City Council v Dahhan (2016) Morning Star, November 18, EAT...

Robert Spicer
Nov 19, 20161 min read
Wasted costs: order for £35,000: successful appeal to EAT
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Wasted costs order Case Isteed v London Borough of Redbridge (2016) UKEAT/0442/14/DA Facts A claimant complained of...

Robert Spicer
Oct 27, 20161 min read
Employment tribunals: time limits: factors to be take into account
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Time limits for claims Discretion of tribunal Case Rathakrishnan v Pizza Express Restaurants (2015)...

Robert Spicer
Oct 24, 20161 min read
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