With Workers’ Memorial Day (28th April) approaching, Partner Marcus Weatherby is critical of the Government’s current misguided attack on what it sees as ‘excessive health and safety provision’…
The coalition Government’s money-saving proposals to introduce fees for claimants in employment tribunals are set to fail, according to expert legal opinion.
The Government has decided to introduce a system of fees in Employment Tribunals. A consultation exercise asking for views on different options has just concluded. Paul Statham of Pattinson & Brewer solicitors, who co-chaired a committee of the Employment Lawyers Association, summarises their response. (more…)
Damian Brooks, from our Employment department, wonders whether ‘efficiency’ is really the motivation behind forthcoming changes to Employment Tribunal procedure… (more…)
This report illustrates just how badly understood the legal fees issue is with regard to NHS compensation claims…
With Glasgow Rangers Football Club going into administration, Jane Farrell – of our Employment department – looks at what ‘administration’ really means. Where do employees stand when a creditor puts the boot in?
In a unanimous judgment the London Central Employment Tribunal has awarded payments to former Woolworth group employees, following the collapse of the High Street giant.
Binder explains our employment law philosophy and considers the repercussions on jobs of the current economic downturn…
Anthea Christie – one of our employment law specialists in London – has been reading about a recent sex discrimination case in Belfast that should be of interest to employers and jobseekers alike.
Damian Brooks, from our York office, recently came across a fascinating report about sexual harassment in the workplace published by the American Economic Review. He wondered how its findings might go down this side of the pond…