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ICO issues guidance on workplace monitoring
Regulator aims to help employers fully comply with data protection law

Deaf trainee becomes Balfour+Manson disability officer
Diana McIver helping Law Society project to improve disability inclusion

Employment tribunal backlog still growing, figures show
Nearly half a million claims awaiting first hearing at end of 2022

MSPs want to hear of barriers to disabled finding work
Committee calls for views ahead of further work in the area

Employment tribunals issue witness statement direction
Scots practice direction and presidential guidance apply from 1 October

Domestic slavery exempt from diplomatic immunity: UKSC
Supreme Court allows tribunal claim of forced trafficking and slavery

Thorntons annual report claims reducing gender pay gap
Mean hourly gap reduces by 13.6% over five years

Union members win appeal over company's direct offers
Letters bypassing negotiations were breach of legislation

Tribunal claimant must seek interim diligence in court
Supreme Court: lack of employment tribunal power not a breach of EU law

"Fair work" agenda goes out to views
Ministers seek views on opportunities, and barriers

Supreme Court rules against Uber in "workers" appeal
Employment Tribunal justified in finding that drivers were "workers"

Warning for employers over rise in tribunal claims
Solicitor warns that redundancy and other issues fraught with danger

Redundancy rights of furloughed workers to be protected
Redundancy pay to be based on pre-furlough salary

Appeal not suspension the remedy for non-party to award
Court holds appeal by body not party to dismissal claim would be competent

Home Office eases right to work checks during COVID-19
Video calls allowed, subject to verification after shutdown

Employment tribunals convert hearings to remote means
Case management hearing will discuss how best to proceed