Article by Honey Wyatt of HR Magazine The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered the public service provider Serco Leisure to stop using biometric data to track employees’ attendance. Serco Leisure, Serco Jersey and seven…
In Paul Edward Bailey – v – West Midlands Ambulance Service – Case No. 1302139/2022 the Midlands West Employment Tribunal has upheld that the Claimant has a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act in…
Details The Supreme Court held that workers who are on permanent contracts, but who are only required to work for part of the year (e.g. workers on term-time-only or zero-hours contracts), are entitled to a…
Article from NR Magazine By Emma Williams, employment associate, and Nicole Akinyemi, trainee solicitor, at Katten Muchin Rosenman UK Here is a summary of the changes that can be expected in 2024: Streamlining TUPE consultations …
This guidance sets out the changes to the Working Time Regulations which the government introduced on 1 January 2024. It does not provide definitive answers to all individual queries. It is not intended to be…
We are pleased to report that, where our lawyers began representing a member who was being threatened with a Costs Order in late November, if she didn’t drop the case, they had, by the end…
The Workers of England Union represented the claimant, MR M. Trotman against his former employer ‘The Royal Star & Garter Homes’ Mr Trotman was unfairly dismissed by the Respondents on 23rd December 2021 There was…
Employee’s case failed for lack of Trade Union Representation The case which is reported in the Daily Mail on the link below is a classic where an employee had a good arguable case that could…
The fishing industry in England covers the fish processing industry and fishing trawler companies that fish around England. At WEU we offer protection and support for Fishing Industry Workers across England. The industry has a…
This case highlights the differences between biological men and biological women, including women having lower average muscle mass, a higher percentage of body fat and smaller hearts and lungs. Article by HR Magazine A Ministry…
The Workers of England Union has always taken the view that we are here to protect our members’ rights in the workplace. When those rights were threatened with compulsory vaccination we have taken cases not…
Article by On 20 July 2023, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 received Royal Assent and became law. The Act introduces reforms to the flexible working regime, which are due to come into force in…
Article by During the surge of remote working, hybrid work and flexible hours, flexibility within contracts has become a crucial consideration for both employers and employees. Temporary working contracts have gained prominence as a means…