Employment

TUC believes Government should do more to enforce sanctions for employers not paying the national minimum wage

13 January 2015
Employment, Firm News

The union made recommendations in a report published yesterday on its website. Responding to this, Noele McClelland, Partner in the…

Blog Post

Social Media; The damage 140 characters can do continues to be highlighted

12 January 2015
Amy Jones
Employment

Social media and its alleged ills have again been in the news. Whether it is offensive comments relating to tragedies, critically ill…

Blog Post

2015 Brave New World?

8 January 2015
Debbie Fellows
Employment

As we begin 2015 the media is full of their annual retrospectives and crystal ball gazing for the year ahead, and employment lawyers are no…

Press Release

New Regulations Limiting Holiday Pay Claims

23 December 2014
Noele McClelland
Employment, Firm News

An employment law specialist has said the Government's plan to introduce new legislation surrounding underpaid holiday pay will be welcomed…

Press Release

Obesity can be a disability, EU court rules

18 December 2014
Noele McClelland
Employment, Firm News

Noele McClelland, Partner and Head of Employment Law comments on today's EU Court ruling that Obesity can be a disability. Obesity is a…

Blog Post

Holiday and Overtime claims

27 November 2014
Debbie Fellows
Employment

Unite will not be appealing the decision in Bear Scotland v Fulton It has been reported in Workplace Savings and Benefits that Unite will…

Press Release

Holiday Pay Judgement

5 November 2014
Noele McClelland
Employment

Following a ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), which states overtime should be included in holiday pay, Noele McClelland, Head…

Blog Post

Holiday Pay Ruling - The Key Points

4 November 2014
Noele McClelland
Employment

Employment Appeal Judgment rules in favour of significant change to how “holiday pay” is calculated, but limits past claims considerably…

Blog Post

Changes coming to employment law

21 September 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

On 1 October 2014 a number of employment law changes will come into force. National Minimum Wage Increase …

Press Release

Flexible working extended to all

28 August 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

Prime Minister, David Cameron, recently commented that grandparents who look after their grandchildren could be given parental rights to…

Blog Post

Potential Impact of Obesity case on the Oil & Gas Industry

20 August 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

One of our blogs last month highlighted and commented upon a recent case on obesity being considered by the European Court of…

Blog Post

Is Obesity A Disability?

22 July 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

Amy Jones from Thorntons Employment Law team considers the latest case on obesity and how it may impact on employers and employees.…

Blog Post

Organisation Reshuffles

15 July 2014
Noele McClelland
Employment

The news has been dominated this week by the Prime Minister's reshuffle of the UK Cabinet. The whole process occurred quickly and as…

Blog Post

Series of changes announced to Employment Law

4 June 2014
Noele McClelland
Employment

Yesterday was a relatively busy day for announcements regarding proposed changes to employment law. We have had the recommendations from an…

Press Release

Employers face implications as holiday pay comes under spotlight

21 May 2014
Debbie Fellows
Employment, Firm News

The European Court of Justice has issued its judgement in a case concerning how holiday pay should be calculated and how commission…

Blog Post

Unpaid Internships

21 May 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

Whilst internships have always been common in particular sectors, such as fashion, beauty and journalism, one of the effects of the…

Press Release

Tattoos in the Workplace

12 May 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

Sri Lankan authorities recently caused world-wide controversy as they deported a British tourist for having a Buddah tattoo on her arm - "…

Blog Post

Zero hours, not zero controversy

30 April 2014
Noele McClelland
Employment

The use and fairness of zero hours' contracts has been an issue that has attracted much media attention. Recent figures from the Office of…

Blog Post

Important Changes to Employment Law

23 April 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

April sees a number of changes to Employment Law. Mandatory pre-claim Acas conciliation From 6 May 2014 all claimants must submit a…

Blog Post

Speak English

23 April 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

Employees at Hobbycraft warehouse told by their employers that they were required to speak English while working or potentially face…

Blog Post

Shhh... it's a secret!

7 March 2014
Amy Jones
Employment

Breaching a confidentiality agreement proved costly for ex employee. Most employment law claims are sorted before a case has to be decided…