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 ...

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 ...

New era

Note: this post was originally from 2014. The 2015 update is in blue below A new era for Hatton ...

Employment tribunals shift whistleblowing law back towards employees

At Hatton James we like the whistleblowing provisions in UK employment law. They provide a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Long-term sick employee didn’t TUPE transfer

An employment tribunal has found that an employee absent on long-term sick did not transfer ...