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Unlawful discrimination and harassment claims frequently raise complex legal and factual issues while prosecuting and defending them can prove highly stressful, time-consuming and, expensive. Along with other forms of discriminatory behaviour, the Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate against employees by treating them less favourably because of a protected characteristic such […]

Sleep-in Workers and the National Minimum Wage Are residential care staff and other workers whose employers require them to sleep away from home entitled while doing so to the National Minimum Wage (currently £8.91 per hour for those aged 23 and over)? 0n the 19th March 2021 the Supreme Court ruled in Royal Mencap Society […]

On 6th April 2019 changes to what has to be included in an itemised pay statement and who is entitled to receive one come into effect. From that date both employees and the broader category of ‘workers’ will be entitled to a written statement which itemises what they are being paid.

The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case of Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey should serve as a salutary reminder to employers and potential employers of the need to base decision making on sound and non-discriminatory grounds rather than on stereotypical assumptions about what activities in the workplace a person can or cannot do both […]

Employed, Self Employed, Worker, Contractor, Freelancer, Consultant or ‘none of the above’? Back in October of last year, an Employment Tribunal dismissed as ‘faintly ridiculous’ Uber’s assertion that its drivers were self-employed. Instead, it held they were ‘workers’. Uber appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) which agreed with the tribunal that Uber drivers were […]