Author Archives: Gareth

Burger staff breach employment law; controversy

Just recently, the burger chain Byron Burger was thrust into the limelight after it came ...

Hiring staff during and after Brexit

Currently employers can recruit staff from the EU countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech, ...

Half of women suffer discrimination, sexual harassment

The TUC has reported that half of women suffer discrimination, sexual harassment or sexist treatment at work. It ...

Raised state pension age and employment law

Employers have not been able to easily dismiss employees for retirement for a few years ...

Pokémon Go and the workplace

Do you know the difference between a Charmander and a Charmeleon? Pokémon Go is an ...

Shared parental leave one year on

The Shared Parental Leave regulations have been with us for a year. In this article, ...

Man dismissed after six years of doing no work

  We learned today of a man who left college with a computer science degree, got a ...

Wind may be shifting away from employees on religious symbol discrimination

In what could be a very exciting development, the Attorney-General (the EU’s foremost employment solicitor) ...

Recent case on childcare vouchers and maternity leave

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has come down in favour of employers in clarifying that childcare vouchers ...

Employment tribunal claims become costlier for employers

A new scheme came into force on 6 April 2016 that penalises employers who lose employment ...