Working Time
Supreme Court – employers cannot prorate holiday entitlement for part-year workers
ECJ finds that time spent attending mandatory vocational training can be working time
Firefighters’ “standby time” is working time, says ECJ
What will long-term shifts toward flexible working mean for employers and employees?
All work and no play – new working time statistics
Supreme Court gives NHS trust permission to appeal voluntary overtime and holiday pay ruling
May Bank Holiday 2020
In order to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day in 2020, the government has decided to move the early […]
High Court finds that directors can be liable for breach of employment contract
Most directors of companies don’t expect to be held personally liable for inducing the employer to breach an employee’s contract […]
Personal injury compensation awarded in the Employment Tribunal
In Grange v. Abellio London Ltd EAT/0304/17 the EAT has held that personal injury compensation is available for a failure […]
Labour of love: foster parents are not workers under the Working Time Directive
In a case referred by the Romanian courts, the ECJ has held that foster parents are not workers for the […]
Expansion of the meaning of working time
For many employers, the concept of “working time” can be difficult to pin down. In particular, the question as to […]