Employment Law Review
Thompsons’ Employment Law Review is recognised as an authoritative source of comment and discussion from our trade union law specialists. Available to read here, and also via a weekly email bulletin, the Employment Law Review offers considerable insight into the latest issues affecting trade unions and their members.
Latest Issues
Weekly Issue 850
- Acas data on tribunal disputes
- Discrimination by association
- Disclosure context
Weekly Issue 848
- Rise in stress-related illness at work
- Unconditional Authority
- Amendment Application
Equality, discrimination and harassment
Weekly Issue 838
Risks from AI
The main UK union body has set up a committee of experts in order to draft a new law which aims to protect workers from various developments in new technology.
Definition of a worker
Weekly Issue 838
Parties to the contract
As there was a contract between an organisation and two companies that an individual had set up, that person could not satisfy the criteria for being a worker.
Unfair dismissal
Weekly Issue 838
Quick dismissal
Once a tribunal had decided that an employee was not given the chance to change their behaviour, it could not then decide that it was fair to dismiss them.
Vulnerable and migrant workers
Weekly Issue 837
Childcare workforce crisis
Because of a serious dearth of workers to look after children, the TUC has developed an overarching blueprint to try to resolve the problems that has created.
Breach of contact
Weekly Issue 837
New terms and conditions
When deciding if a variation of an employee’s contract amounted to a dismissal, the appeal court has said tribunals must compare the old one with the new one.
Unfair dismissal
Weekly Issue 837
Delayed claim
If a claimant does not lodge their complaint within a certain time limit, the tribunal does not have to turn it down even if they did not explain the delay.
Compensation
Weekly Issue 836
Higher pay for multi-millionaires
A new report has found that senior executives who are already extremely well paid, were awarded even higher pay increases last year compared to the year before.
Unfair dismissal
Weekly Issue 836
Repeated dismissal
There is nothing in law to stop an employer from legally terminating an individual’s employment on multiple occasions, not least if it is to their benefit.
Equality, discrimination and harassment
Weekly Issue 836
Something arising
Even if a company was wrong in its belief that their disabled employee had been working another job while off sick, it could still constitute discrimination.
Equality, discrimination and harassment
Weekly Issue 835
Job challenges for women on low income
A study has found that upcoming work for women who earn very little may prove disadvantageous to them unless employers make changes to accommodate their needs.
Definition of a worker
Weekly Issue 835
Dual employment
When deciding whether someone is an employee or worker for two potential employers, tribunals must consider if they are carrying out the same work for both.
European Law
Weekly Issue 835
European Works Councils
Although different rules exist for dealing with boards of workers post-EU, a court has said that companies based in the UK have to honour existing arrangements.