Employment Law in the UK

UK law blog posts regarding employment law in the UK. Useful for employment lawyers and clients of employment law solicitors.

Employees should be allowed to carry out Trade Union activities in the workplace

January 4, 2013

The Socialist Worker recently reported on an Employment Tribunal claim involving a Trade Union activist and her employer, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”). Her employer attempted to stop her from carrying out Trade Union-related strikes and protests against cuts and outsourcings made at the EHRC last year. She therefore issued an Employment Tribunal […]

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Safety Checklist for Railroad Workers

January 4, 2013

The setting of a railroad is a very dangerous place which is full of workplace hazards and risks. On average, a train weighs 200 tons and can weigh up to as much as 6,000 tons. Equipment to service, load, and maintain these machines and rail systems are just as beastly as the locomotives themselves. According […]

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Age Discrimination – PPACA

January 3, 2013

With the economic meltdown and the failure of raided pension funds to provide an adequate retirement income to many older American adults, the number of retired people still working – or working again – becomes increasingly important to the subject of age discrimination in the workplace. Let’s talk about that workplace, where those over retirement […]

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Disabled and Can’t Work? Is Social Security Disability an Option?

January 2, 2013

There are federal programs put into place to provide assistance for individuals who are disabled and can’t earn an income. Social security disability is one of the programs that was designed and funded solely to help people survive if they are no longer capable of bringing in the finances responsible to care for themselves and […]

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Christmas can often be a difficult time for any businesses’ HR department and here’s why!

December 20, 2012

Over recent years the weather in the UK has worsened and we have become far more familiar with ‘the white stuff’. When and if it does snow many employees may find it difficult to travel to and from work, therefore businesses should ensure that they are fully prepared for this eventuality. It’s important to make […]

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Should I submit a grievance at work?

December 17, 2012

If you think that you’ve suffered some form of detriment at work then you may wish to take action to complain about this and (if you think that the problem will recur) stop the same thing happening again. Whether you’ve been bullied, harassed, discriminated against or had your contract breached there should be a grievance […]

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What Does Workers’ Compensation Cover?

December 16, 2012

Workers’ Compensation is a system designed to protect workers financially in case they are injured while on the job and cannot make a living because of it. Although there are some exceptions, most of the injuries incurred while at work are covered by South Carolina workers’ compensation and require the employer to compensate the employee. […]

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Compensation limit in unfair dismissal claims to be increased in 2013

December 16, 2012

The annual increase in the limits on particular Employment Tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment law legislation have been announced by the Ministry of Justice. The limit on a week’s “gross pay” (which is used to calculate statutory redundancy payments and the “Basic Award” in unfair dismissal cases) has been increased from £430 […]

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Employment Tribunal shouldn’t substitute own view for that of the employer

December 11, 2012

In this post we’re going to take a look at the “range of reasonable responses” test in unfair dismissal claims and examine (in particular) what this test is, how it should be applied by the Employment Tribunal in unfair dismissal cases, and when a decision of the Tribunal may be open to challenge on this […]

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