Legal news
You are currently filtering for: employment-law
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
ICO issues guidance on workplace monitoring
Regulator aims to help employers fully comply with data protection law
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Deaf trainee becomes Balfour+Manson disability officer
Diana McIver helping Law Society project to improve disability inclusion
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Employment tribunal backlog still growing, figures show
Nearly half a million claims awaiting first hearing at end of 2022
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
MSPs want to hear of barriers to disabled finding work
Committee calls for views ahead of further work in the area
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Employment tribunals issue witness statement direction
Scots practice direction and presidential guidance apply from 1 October
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Domestic slavery exempt from diplomatic immunity: UKSC
Supreme Court allows tribunal claim of forced trafficking and slavery
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Thorntons annual report claims reducing gender pay gap
Mean hourly gap reduces by 13.6% over five years
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Union members win appeal over company's direct offers
Letters bypassing negotiations were breach of legislation
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Tribunal claimant must seek interim diligence in court
Supreme Court: lack of employment tribunal power not a breach of EU law
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
"Fair work" agenda goes out to views
Ministers seek views on opportunities, and barriers
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Supreme Court rules against Uber in "workers" appeal
Employment Tribunal justified in finding that drivers were "workers"
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Warning for employers over rise in tribunal claims
Solicitor warns that redundancy and other issues fraught with danger
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Redundancy rights of furloughed workers to be protected
Redundancy pay to be based on pre-furlough salary
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Appeal not suspension the remedy for non-party to award
Court holds appeal by body not party to dismissal claim would be competent
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Home Office eases right to work checks during COVID-19
Video calls allowed, subject to verification after shutdown
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Employment tribunals convert hearings to remote means
Case management hearing will discuss how best to proceed