Good news for claimants! The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed in Cadogan Hotel Partners Ltd –v- Ozog [2014] that awards for injury to feelings in discrimination cases are subject to a 10% uplift following the Court of Appeal’s decisions in Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1039 and Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1288. […]
A number of employment related measures were announced in the recent Queen’s speech, including what was described as a ‘crack down’ on costly Tribunal delays, abuses of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and zero-hours contracts. It is proposed that the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will contain the following measures: Tackling NMW abuse and […]