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The Government has launched a full review of parental leave and pay, with the aim of better supporting working families and helping children to get the best start in life. The Government says that the current system is complicated and does not always give...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld an appeal against the striking out of a man's claims after he failed to comply with a case management order, finding that the Employment Tribunal (ET) had failed to consider whether a fair trial was still...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed an appeal against a decision that a consultant to a professional services firm was only entitled to be paid fees in respect of work he had personally done for one of the firm's clients, rather than all work...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a woman's appeal against the dismissal of her complaint of victimisation, finding that the Employment Tribunal (ET) had adopted too narrow a definition of what could constitute a protected act and had not...

A man who works for an organisation providing community-based services to children has been awarded compensation after an Employment Tribunal (ET) found that his employer had discriminated against him due to his disability and failed to make reasonable...

When a transfer of a business takes place to which the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) applies, does any vicarious liability of the original employer to a third party for wrongdoing by an employee transfer to the...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has allowed an employer's appeal against a decision that there was an implied term in a lorry driver's contract that entitled him to be paid for additional hours worked beyond his intended normal working hours ( Brake...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has rejected a man's appeal against the dismissal of his claim for racial harassment on the grounds that the incident did not happen in the course of employment and that his employer had taken all reasonable steps to...

A nurse who was subjected to bullying behaviour by a colleague has succeeded in her claim of constructive unfair dismissal against the NHS trust she worked for ( Hamilton v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust ). The nurse had begun working...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has rejected an appeal against the dismissal of an employee's complaint that unauthorised deductions had been made from his wages because he did not receive an additional day's pay or a day off in lieu when he worked on...