Employment Bulletins

Staff on long term sick leave will be able to claim their paid holiday entitlement in full, following a ruling by the European Court of Justice.

It means a person who is off work for...

Businesses now face tougher penalties for safety breaches under the provisions of the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008.

The Act, which came into effect on 16 th January,...

The statutory holiday entitlement increased on 1 st April from 4.8 weeks to 5.6 weeks.

It means that an employee who works a five-day week is now entitled to 28 days annual leave....

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that obliging UK workers to retire when they reach 65 is not unlawful as long as it can be “justified by legitimate aims”.

Those aims...

A ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal will make it harder for employees to bring some discrimination claims against their employers in future.

The case involved the Child...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a bus company did not act unreasonably when it suspended an employee who made an unfounded allegation of racial abuse.

The case involved Centre West...

Employees will soon have the right to request time off for training under the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill.

The legislation is expected to be in place by 2010...

A man who resigned and then four days later asked his employer to cancel his resignation because he had changed his mind has lost his claim for unfair dismissal.

The man was employed...

The recession has sparked a huge rise in tribunal claims which have created costly and time-consuming problems for employers.

Many of the claims relate to...

The maximum awards that can be made by employment tribunals rose on 1 st February in line with the increase in the retail price index.

The limit on the amount of compensatory award...