Issue 757

Threat to workers’ rights

A study has found that although government proposals to review laws that favour workers are likely to worsen them, there are options available to protect them.

Employment status of director/shareholder

Although tribunals take a range of different factors into account when deciding someone’s status at work, they may sometimes decide they have no status at all.

Sole reason

When deciding a whistleblowing claim, tribunals should not focus on one single reason but rather they should consider which one is the most important of them.