Article by Amy Hallam of BRM Law Protected characteristic of Disability – changes to the legal definition of a disability. Further to our recent article where we updated you on some of the amendments to…
Article by Hill Dickinson – Fiona McLellan and Rachael McKenzie The recently published annual NHS staff survey shows concerningly the highest reported levels of discrimination experienced by staff since the survey began. The survey also asked, for the first…
Article by Amanda Steadman from Braham Dutt Badrick French LLP Employers sometimes try to enforce contractual amendments on their workforce by using a “fire and rehire” strategy – terminating employment and offering to hire staff…
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…
Written by Catherine Wilson Catherine is an expert employment lawyer and HR problem solver. She works as an Employment Partner at W Legal Limited and also runs her own employment law and HR consultancy, training, and…
Article by Rachel Roberts of Epoch Times Homeopathic Lifestyle Ruled a ‘Protected Characteristic’ in Tribunal Ruling for Fired NHS Worker | The Epoch Times Paul Bailey was sacked after declining COVID-19 jabs but ongoing tribunal…
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…
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…