Results-Based Commission to be Included in Holiday Pay
Should results-based commission be included in holiday pay? On 22 February 2016 the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found in Lock...
Travel Time to Count as Working Time for Mobile Workers
The ECJ has ruled that for workers without a fixed office, the time spent travelling to and from work should...
Unison’s 3rd Round Defeat in Fight Against Tribunal Fees
Unison has suffered a further blow in its battle against the Government’s hike in tribunal fees as the Court of...
Overhaul of Strike Law to Benefit Employers
To some, the Conservative government’s plans to radically overhaul Britain’s trade union laws will rebalance the rights of working people...
Time to review the inclusion of voluntary overtime when calculating holiday pay
Is it now time to include voluntary overtime when calculating holiday pay? The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal recently held...
An End to Exclusivity Clauses in Zero-hour Contracts
As of Tuesday 26 May 2015, the government prohibited the use of exclusivity clauses in zero-hour contracts via the Small...
The Woolworths Decision on ‘Collective Consultation’
Yesterday's decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will come as welcome news for employers with multiple sites across...
Tribunal Rules Overtime should be included in Holiday Pay
On 4 November 2014 the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled in the case of Bear Scotland v Fulton (and conjoined...
Poorly Drafted Restrictive Covenants Unenforceable (CA)
In Prophet plc v Huggett [2014], the Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court's decision to read words into...