Employee shareholders – is a new contract enough to make them an ordinary employee?
Employee shareholders have always been rare beasts and may be rarer still if a contractual update meant they became ordinary […]
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Whistle blowing and the “public interest”
Is it enough that a worker believes a disclosure is in the public interest? In the recent case of Okwu […]
Principle of open justice allows non-party to litigation proceedings access to court documents
Can someone who is not a party to a court case in England get access to court documents? Does this […]
A word to the publicity shy – Employment Tribunal judgments must be published
Judgments issued by Employment Tribunals are maintained in a public register and, since 9 February 2017, published on an online […]
Government uncovering the cover-up culture
Since #MeToo brought non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) into the spotlight in late 2017, there has been a flurry of activity from […]
Government issues response to pregnancy and maternity consultation
Continuing with the running theme of government consultations that have emerged over the course of July, the government last week […]
SMCR optimisation and final rules
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), which was introduced in 2016 to increase the accountability of individuals working in […]
Draft IR35 legislation published along with HMRC's response to the consultation earlier this year
HMRC has published draft IR35 regulations (to come into effect on 6 April 2020) and a summary of the responses […]
Is ethnic pay gap reporting on the horizon?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released an analysis this week of ethnicity pay gaps in the UK using earnings […]
Supreme Court issues landmark restrictive covenant ruling
The Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated ruling yesterday in the case of Tillman v. Egon Zehnder Limited. The […]
Employee expectations of privacy in the workplace – employers should still proceed with caution but a recent case highlights how privacy rights could be waived.
In the case of Garamukanwa v. United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has declared that an employee […]
EU developments: what new measures might we see on workers' rights?
The EU Council has had a busy month, adopting two new directives which will strengthen employees’ rights. It also adopted […]