In Bandi v Bolt Operations OU (Case No 2206953/2021), an employment tribunal has ruled that Bolt drivers are legally considered to be workers, in a claim brought on behalf of more than 10,000 past and present drivers for the app that could be worth £200m. Pro Employment LawFormed in 2017, following significant legislative changes designed… >>
Acas has published updated guidance on gender reassignment discrimination. The guidance, which as well as stating the law, also provides examples of what might amount to discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, runs to 11 pages in its downloadable pdf format. The 29 October 2024 guidance replaces… >>
The High Court has ruled that a former Commerzbank AG analyst will face contempt of court proceedings after making false sexual assault allegations against a colleague as part of his failed harassment case against the bank. Commerzbank AG v Z KB-2023-002913 Judge Eady said that it was important that allegations of making a false complaint… >>
The Department for Business and Trade has published a number of factsheets which set out what each policy or framework within the Employment Rights Bill aims to do and explains how it will work. The factsheets cover: • adult social care negotiating body • bereavement, paternity and unpaid parental leave • fair work agency •… >>
The Equality Hub has been replaced by the Office for Equality and Opportunity. The Office for Equality and Opportunity will cover the overall framework of equality legislation in the UK, including disability policy, ethnic disparities, gender equality and LGBT+ rights. Pro Employment LawFormed in 2017, following significant legislative changes designed to increase competition within the… >>
The Employment Rights Bill 2024, published on 10 October 2024, contains 28 measures hailed by the government as the ‘biggest upgrade to rights at work for a generation’. The measures, many of which were set out in the government’s Plan to make work pay and Manifesto, include: • provisions to end ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and… >>
In Dowding v The Character Group Plc [2024] EAT 153 the employment tribunal dismissed the claimant’s whistleblowing unfair dismissal claim because it concluded that the claimant had not, in law, made protected disclosures, because the disclosures relied upon were not believed by him to have been made in the public interest (alternatively, if they were,… >>
An employment tribunal has ordered a police force to pay a former sergeant more than £1.1m for forcing her to quit when it withdrew permission to run a hobby business that helped her cope with work stress and PTSD. Hibbert v The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, ET case number 3310944/2020. Pro Employment LawFormed… >>
In Tesco Stores Ltd v Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) [2024] UKSC 28, in a unanimous decision in which Lord Burrows and Lady Simler delivered the leading judgment, the Supreme Court agreed with the previous High Court decision and restored the injunction restraining Tesco from terminating employment contracts for the specific purpose… >>