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In the recent case of Agoreyo v. London Borough of Lambeth [2017] EWHC 2019 (QB), the High Court has held that suspension as a "knee-jerk" reaction to an allegation of misconduct may in itself be sufficient to breach the implied contractual term of trust and confidence.
Pimlico Plumbers has now been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. The decision reached by the Supreme Court will be significant as the highest authority on the employment status of purportedly self-employed contractors. It is likely to have implications for the so-called "gig economy".
It may not have been accompanied by the usual pomp and circumstance, but the Queen’s speech yesterday did give us […]
In Ali v. Capita Customer Management Ltd, the employment tribunal upheld a father’s claim of sex discrimination on the basis […]
It was reported yesterday that McDonald’s is set to offer employment contracts containing fixed hours to its 115,000 employees employed […]
The government has undertaken to produce new guidance on workplace dress codes this summer following a joint report published by […]
It has recently been reported in the press that John Neal, the CEO of the Australian headquartered insurance and reinsurance […]
With the Prime Minister preparing to trigger Article 50 around 15 March, and so begin the process of Britain’s exit […]
Sir Richard Branson is reaching out to the talent among ex-offenders and encouraging other businesses to look past individuals’ criminal […]
The European Parliament has now passed the new General Data Protection Regulation. This will come into effect in 2018. The […]
The ACAS early conciliation process can (and often does) mean that the time in which an individual must present an […]
We are, of course, coming increasingly close to 23 June – the date of the referendum on the UK’s continued […]
