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- Date:
- 1 July 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.
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- Type:
- Editor's choice
Our popular Policies and documents tool includes a selection of checklists to assist HR and line managers when holding some common meetings or hearings related to a number of key workplace processes.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Rentplus UK Ltd v Coulson, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employer cannot escape the requirements of the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" by disguising a dismissal for misconduct or poor performance as a redundancy.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at four recent discrimination cases where the tribunals upheld the claims and ordered the employers to pay compensation, including one of the highest ever discrimination awards.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Slade and another v Biggs and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the tribunal had been entitled to apply the 25% Acas uplift to the awards for aggravated damages and injury to feelings, given its findings of serious pregnancy discrimination.
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- Date:
- 19 November 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Employment tribunals have been deciding coronavirus-related cases throughout 2021. We set out 10 key first-instance rulings related to the pandemic and highlight what lessons employers can learn from them.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Regulations make changes in connection with information provided on early conciliation notification forms.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Regulations clarify that reasonable notice must be given of the date of a preliminary hearing.
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- Type:
- Interactive flowcharts
Use this flowchart to deal with the practical and legal issues involved in responding to an employment tribunal claim, including preparing the grounds of resistance.
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- Date:
- 4 May 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
With organisations and claimants often waiting months and years for an outcome at an employment tribunal, judicial mediation could help both parties reach a settlement much sooner than they would if their case progresses to a final hearing. Alan Lewis highlights some of the benefits.