Under the Equality Act 2010 employees are protected against discrimination on grounds of ‘religion or belief’. What is considered a ‘protected belief’ can often be contentious. When making decisions about protected beliefs, tribunals are guided by the principles set out by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Grainger v Nicholson. A recent case involved a ‘belief’… [Read More]
Tesco barred from using fire and re-hire to remove Retained Pay
The background – Tesco offers Retained Pay In 2007, supermarket giant, Tesco re-organised its warehouses nationally, a move that required 100s of employees to relocate. Rather than making people redundant, Tesco negotiated with USDAW (the recognised trade union) that it would give any staff who stayed on and agreed to be relocated, ‘Retained Pay’. This… [Read More]
Will the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 end tipping?
Update September 2024 The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (the Tips Act) and its accompanying statutory Code of Practice will come into force on 1st October 2024. This was confirmed by commencement regulations for the Act and Code of Practice which were laid before Parliament in July. The Code recommends consultation with workers in… [Read More]
HMRC accused of harassment (for birthday wishes!)
The Times Online have reported that HMRC has been held liable for harassment for sending one of its employees a birthday card! Note that this case has very specific facts meaning that harassment was present in these particular circumstances, this will not always be the case! Toure v HMRC In Toure v HMRC, an employee… [Read More]
Travel time not paid by National Minimum Wage
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is payable to workers whenever they are carrying out ‘time work’. The question of whether travel time is ‘time work’ for the purposes of National Minimum Wage was considered recently by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Taylor’s Services Limited v HMRC. Taylor’s Services Limited v HMRC In this case, zero-hours… [Read More]
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