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Employment Law News, Latest News, W.E.U. News 11/03/2025

Government Announces Amendments to Employment Rights Bill

Article by Samer Cheaitou Trainee Solicitor A number of amendments to the Employment Rights Bill (the Bill) are to be considered at the report stage in the House of Commons. Four consultations were launched in…

School administrator wins Unfair dismissal claim over social media posts.

Article by Stephen Harwood The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the case of Higgs v Farmor’s School [2025] EWCA Civ 109. It held that the dismissal of an employee for comments on her…

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UK labour market outlook uncertain post budget

Article by by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam of The UK’s labour market outlook is uncertain following October’s budget announcement, data from Indeed has indicated. While the economy overall outperformed this year’s low expectations, job postings dropped by 24%…

Membership Information – Part time employees

Dear Workers of England Union Member I am very pleased to be able to write to you about our many successes, not only in dealing with members’ grievances and disciplinary matters in helping our members…

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Tribunals given power to increase compensation where employers have not followed statutory codes of practice

Article by Irwin Mitchell LLP From 20 January 2025, tribunals will have the power to increase protective awards by up to 25% when employers have failed to follow their collective consultation obligations and the statutory…

Employment Law News, Latest News 22/10/2024

The Employment Rights Bill

Commentary from the Farrar’s Building Employment Team October 2024 Employment-Rights-Bill-October-2024-14.10.24

Right to be accompanied

Contrary to what some employers state, you do have the the right to be accompanied by Workers of England Union representatives at meetings with your employer. Summary: Is it a breach of an employee’s right to…

Judge urges council to mandate ‘freedom of belief’ training

Article by Rob Moss of Personnel Today A judge has recommended that a council’s mandatory e-learning be updated to include ‘freedom of belief’ training as part of an employment tribunal decision in a philosophical belief…

Can you be sacked without a warning?

When an employee is “sacked” or “fired”, it means that they have been dismissed and an employer has ended their contract. When can you be dismissed without a warning? Employees who have got less than…

Supreme Court restores injunction to prevent Tesco using ‘fire and rehire’

Article by DLA Piper – Rachel Chapman of Lexology At a glance In February 2022, the High Court granted a highly unusual injunction preventing Tesco from using so-called ‘fire and re-hire’ to implement changes to terms and…

Work from the office request was not harassment, tribunal rules.

Afirm asking its remote-working legal secretary whether she could come into the office did not constitute harassment, a tribunal has found. Employment Judge O Segal KC, sitting at the London Central tribunal (pictured above), found…

Employers must take action to prevent third party harassment.

Article by Morton Fraser MacRoberts – Sarah Gilzean The recent consultation on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) updated technical guidance on sexual harassment and makes it clear that the new duty on employers to prevent…

Employment Law News, Latest News 14/08/2024

Religious discrimination: A Christian social worker was discriminated against when a conditional job offer was withdrawn but not by a later refusal to confirm offer.

Article by DACBeechcroft Facts In this case an employment tribunal found a charity directly discriminated against a job applicant when it withdrew a conditional job offer after discovering Facebook posts expressing views on same sex…