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No compensation does not equate to no case to answer
No compensation does not equate to no case to answer - Martin Cheyne and Zubeda Tayub discuss in the latest employment blog.
Hempsons’ Employment Newsbrief
Welcome to our Summer 2019 edition of Hempsons’ Employment Newsbrief.
Disciplinary procedures and police investigation
In the case of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust v Gregg, the Courts looked at when an employer should halt its own internal procedures if the police are also investigating the same matter.
ICTS (UK) Limited v Visram
ICTS (UK) Limited v Visram: The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the Employment Tribunal’s decision that an employee, who was successful in his claims for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination, should be awarded compensation for loss of benefits until death or retirement.
Employment Newsbrief Summer 2018 now available!
Welcome to the Summer edition of the Hempsons’ Employment Newsbrief, a round-up of some of the hot legal topics in the Employment sector.
Should shared parental leave be paid at enhanced rates like maternity leave?
Not according to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). The EAT held in Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali that maternity leave was not the same as shared parental leave, and to have pay differentials between the two was not discriminatory.
Farewell to ET fees, but what next?
For the last four years, an employee wanting to take a case to an employment tribunal has had to pay a fee of up to £1,200. For many lower paid employees – or where relatively little money was at stake – this fee may have been a deterrent to starting action...
Healthcare newsbrief: Winter 2017 edition now available
Welcome to the winter edition of Hempsons’ Healthcare Newsbrief. Many of you will be reading this at the NHS Providers conference where many of the issues we are writing about – from moving towards digital records to the issues around moving to an accountable care organisation – will be either discussed or on the minds of delegates...
Charities and Social Enterprise Newsbrief: Autumn/Winter 2017 edition now available
Welcome to the Autumn/Winter 2017 edition of Hempsons Charities and Social Enterprise newsbrief
Voluntary overtime v right to holiday pay
The EAT has confirmed in Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts and Others that
Voluntary overtime v. right to holiday pay
Regular voluntary overtime be taken into account when calculating holiday pay. The EAT has confirmed in Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts and Others that “remuneration linked to overtime work that was performed on a voluntary basis could be included in normal remuneration for calculating holiday pay”.
Newsflash: Employment Tribunal fees abolished
The Supreme Court has held the current fee regime for employment tribunal fees to be unlawful and prevents access to justice.