In Alemo-Herron and others v Parkwood Leisure Ltd Case C-426/11 ECJ, the ECJ held that "dynamic" clauses in contracts of employment that refer to collective agreements negotiated and adopted after the transfer are not enforceable against a transferee that has not been able to participate in the negotiating process.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has stressed that workers are afforded protection under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93) only if they are supplied by a temporary work agency to work "temporarily" for the end user.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held for the second time in 2013 that there is no requirement for an employee's request to be accompanied by a particular companion to a discipline or grievance meeting to be reasonable, provided the chosen person meets the definition of a companion in the Employment Relations Act 1999.