Weekly Issue 849

Zero-hours contracts

Research by an independent government body has found that most workers are unaware of the legal rights of people who have a contract with no guaranteed hours.

Actual comparators

When lodging a complaint of bias, claimants can choose a real person in a similar set up or provide evidence of a similar set up allowing an assumption of bias.

Claim form as a whole

When assessing whether each section of a claim form has been completed, the appeal tribunal has said that courts should not be too mechanical in their approach.