If a tribunal decides that an employee has been unfairly dismissed, it can reduce compensation, potentially to zero, for two reasons: because the dismissal would have occurred anyway regardless of any procedural errors (the Polkey principle referred to in the...
The government has given more information about when it will introduce new laws requiring employers to pass on all tips to workers. The government has said previously that tips earned by workers should go to the workers that customers intended them for. The new laws...
If an employee succeeds in a claim for unfair dismissal, an employment tribunal can order that compensation is paid which includes loss of earnings. The same is true for discriminatory dismissals. However, the tribunal does not have to do so. The principles set out in...
Sick pay policies have been hitting the headlines with many big-name employers withdrawing company sick pay benefits for staff who remain unvaccinated against Covid-19 and have to self-isolate. The highly infectious Omicron variant has led to mass absences across the...
With guidance to work from home where possible now lifted, employers can plan a return to work for employees – many of whom will have been working from home for some time. Employees, however, may have different plans. Many people will still have concerns about...
Back in 2020, the Supreme Court said that a bakery and its Christian owners had not directly discriminated against a customer when they refused to bake a cake bearing the slogan ‘Support gay marriage’. Ending seven years of litigation on this case, the European Court...
