Author Archives: Gareth
Employment solicitors welcome end to employment tribunal fees
In news that will delight claimants (and employment solicitors!) there will be no more employment tribunal ...
Jul
Are our employment tribunals safe?
The Government has announced plans to close Bedford Employment Tribunal from September. After closing 140 ...
Jul
National minimum wage and self-employment
Since the revelation that “49% of self-employed workers (4.8 million people) earned less than £310 ...
Jul
Jason’s age discrimination settlement agreement
From time to time we will tell you about a Birmingham employment law case we ...
Jun
Religious discrimination risk as employer bans beards
A construction firm named The Mears Group (‘Mears’) has created a policy banning its workers ...
Jun
Landmark victory in sex discrimination claim
We learned of a sex discrimination claim that is interesting. In April 2015 the Government introduced ...
Jun
Brexit to increase competition for employees
Hays Recruitment have carried out a survey of more than 1000 HR professionals. Their report ...
Jun
Harry’s heart condition
From time to time we tell you about a Birmingham employment law case we have ...
Jun
Zero-hours contracts after the general election
Over the past few years, zero-hours contracts have caused a lot of controversy. Some laud ...
May
Employment rights after the General Election
Note: a subsequent legal change has affected the accuracy of this material. A UK Brexit will allow ...
May