Matthew Taylor has been appointed to lead the Fair Work Agency, the new body created from reforms in the Employment Rights Bill designed to protect workers from employers who flout minimum wage and other labour laws.
A shift leader who worked at JD Wetherspoon for 22 years has won his claim for unfair dismissal after he was sacked without notice for mistakenly giving 50% staff discount to a colleague.
A worker was subject to disability discrimination after his manager repeatedly sighed and made 'exaggerated exhales', an employment tribunal has found.
An amendment paper on the Employment Rights Bill has been published by the House of Commons, including a new clause extending the limitation for bringing a tribunal claim from three months to six.
The backlog of employment tribunal cases continues to grow, with more than 50,000 cases awaiting a hearing or decision at the end of last year, figures show.
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