Month: November 2021

National Minimum Wage

5 November 2021

Increases to rates from 1 April 2022 The UK National Minimum Wage sets out the minimum hourly rates a worker can lawfully be paid. Increases to the National Minimum Wage rates have been set out in the Budget delivered by the Chancellor on 27 October 2021. The following changes will take effect on 1 April […]

can an employer unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of disability if there was no knowledge of that disability?

4 November 2021

No, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Stott v Ralli Ltd, not in relation to a dismissal when the employer only acquired the knowledge of the disability at a later date. Many people have invisible disabilities. These are wide-ranging in nature and include the whole spectrum of hidden mental health illnesses and conditions or involve […]

Gig Economy Employment Rights

3 November 2021

Stuart Delivery Ltd v Augustine – another tough gig for an employer at the Court of Appeal Employment law watchers will know that 2021 has been a big year for cases involving the employment status of gig economy workers. The year began with the Supreme Court determining that Uber taxi drivers have the legal status […]

Gender pay gap reporting: UK in last place

2 November 2021

As anyone who has ever owned a fitbit will know, monitoring a problem and actually solving it are two very different things. A new report, published by the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London and The Fawcett Society, shows the same is true for gender pay gap reporting. Measured against five other […]

Preliminary Discrimination Issues and the Menopause

1 November 2021

Leicestershire County Council v Rooney One of the truisms of employment law is that it is extremely difficult to get discrimination claims struck out at a preliminary hearing. In order for a claim to survive the preliminary stage a tribunal simply has to find that a claim is not in the category of having ‘no […]