Few people will have missed the Gender Pay Gap Reporting headlines in recent months. But it seems that it wasn’t just a few companies who failed to submit their pay data before the statutory deadline. Some 1,500 companies failed to…
The Government has introduced new measures coming into effect from 6 April 2018 which clarify the position in respect of employer’s liability to pay tax and national insurance contributions on payments made on the termination of employment. The new provisions…
Introduction Most properties in the UK are required to be rated on a scale from A – G, with G being the least energy efficient. The rating of a property is detailed in the Energy Performance Certificate for that property. The…
A stark warning to businesses for backdated holiday pay claims The European Union (CJEU) judgment in the case of King v Sash Window Workshop Limited is highly likely to have profound implications for businesses benefiting from the so-called “gig economy”,…
In July 2017, Lord Justice Jackson announced his long-awaited proposals for evolving the fixed costs regime within civil litigation. The proposals are to be put before government and change will undoubtedly be on the horizon for 2018. This could see…
The recent case of British Airways (“BA”) v Pinaud serves as a reminder that discrimination of part-time workers is unlawful under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (“PTWR”) but that employers might avoid pay-outs if such treatment can…
In a decision described by the barristers who acted for the successful Claimant, Mr Efobi, as “a radical reconsideration of the burden of proof”, last month the Employment Appeal Tribunal handed down judgment on how to correctly interpret the burden…
In 2016, in the case of Barbulescu v Romania, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that an employer was lawful in monitoring an employee’s messenger account. The ruling reinforced the UK Government’s current policy, which says that employers can monitor emails,…
In the matter of AAZ v BBZ [2016] EWHC 3234 (Fam), Mr Justice Haddon-Cave very aptly and bluntly described the trust in this matter at para 72 of his judgement: “Thus, the way in which the Trust is intended to…
Under the requirements of the new Royal Charter and in a bid to make the BBC more transparent, a salary report from the BBC Remuneration Committee has been published this week. The report discloses the pay of all senior executives…