We settle whistleblowing case
We have just settled a whistleblowing case for a hard-working care manager who complained about her ...
Teacher wins £100k and loses much of it
A teacher has won over £100k and lost much of it in an employment tribunal ...
New guidance on zero hours contracts
Acas has published some new guidance on zero hours contracts. This is the term for casual employment agreements where ...
Oct
Do you lose out on working hours when the clocks go back?
This weekend, the clocks go back an hour, giving most of us an extra hour ...
Oct
New era
Note: this post was originally from 2014. The 2015 update is in blue below A new era for Hatton ...
Oct
Employment tribunals shift whistleblowing law back towards employees
At Hatton James we like the whistleblowing provisions in UK employment law. They provide a ...
Oct
Grandparents to get parental leave under uk employment law
In April 2015 UK employment law saw the introduction of shared maternity/paternity/parental leave. This enables working ...
Oct
On-call worker fails to get employment tribunal compensation of £¼m
There are often thorny questions about whether a worker is ‘working’ for the purposes of ...
Oct
Acas Early Conciliation – our thoughts after 18 months
Note: a subsequent legal change has affected the accuracy of this material. April 2014 saw the introduction of ...
Oct
Long-term sick employee didn’t TUPE transfer
An employment tribunal has found that an employee absent on long-term sick did not transfer ...
Sep