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Less Favourable Treatment against Part-Time Workers

24 July 2024

The Equality Act 2010 protects workers from being treated less favourably because of a protected characteristic, for example disability or race. It is perhaps a lesser-known feature of UK employment law that part-time workers are also protected from less favourable treatment. Under section 5 of the Part-time Workers (Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (the Regulations), […]

The Big Stay and protection for workers against dismissal

19 July 2024

It has been reported that fewer workers are resigning and more are opting to stay put in their current jobs, in what labour market experts are calling ‘the Big Stay’.  James Cockett, labour market economist, has commented that the ‘great resignation’ following the pandemic is over and has been replaced by ‘the big stay’, with […]

Sisters in Law – Harriet Wistrich

15 July 2024

Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) I have known of Harriet Wistrich and the work of the CWJ for some years having been on their legal panel. I have provided pro bono legal advice for women connected to the CWJ who have needed for employment guidance. I have always admired both Harriet and the work of […]

Fixed-term route to permanent employment 

8 July 2024

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently upheld a decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET) that permanent employment did not follow successive fixed-term employment contracts over a period of more than four years.  This case is Lobo v University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The law Regulation 9(5) of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less […]

What happens now that labour has won?

5 July 2024

Yesterday, Labour won a landslide victory with a massive majority. But will a wholesale change in government also significantly change the employment law landscape? Most likely – the short answer is yes, if Labour fulfils the pledges listed in their Plan to Make Work Pay: Delivering a New Deal for Working People  and repeated in […]

Workplace culture and the Labour Party’s plan

3 July 2024

Julian Richer, the founder of the Company Richer Sounds, wrote an article for the Times newspaper in which he talks passionately about his experience of the influence of good workplace culture on business success, and requests that the next Government should upgrade basic rights at work.  As for whether there is truly a link between […]

Liability of individuals in discrimination claims

3 June 2024

Elizabeth McGlone, Partner at didlaw represented Ms Baldwin in her Employment Appeal Tribunal claims against Cleves School.  The judgment can be found here.  The appeal was multi-faceted and follows nearly a decade of litigation for the Claimant who issued her claims in 2015. The original claims pursued were for disability discrimination against the School and […]

long serving Sainsbury’s employee was fairly dismissed when he did not pay for bags to pack his shopping

31 May 2024

Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, to bring a claim for unfair dismissal, an employee must have two years’ service. Labour plans to change this if they get into power and to give the right from day one.  The burden of proof is on the employer to show that they had a fair reason to […]

Employment Status – coastal rescue and volunteers

29 May 2024

Employment status, the subject of so many employment tribunal claims, comes under the heading ‘jurisdiction’ as is must be determined whether the employment tribunals have scope to hear some claims.  Whether someone is a worker or an employee will also determine what claims they can bring.  This was the case in Groom v Maritime and […]