Employment Rights

Links to archived editions are below. To read newer editions of the LELR from 1st May 2011 onwards visit Employment Rights.

"Red Tape Challenge" website (Weekly 214)
News in Brief
Changes to employment law (Weekly 211)
News in Brief
Number of changes to planned legislation (Weekly 210)
News in Brief
Statutory Rights (Weekly 209)
Bullock v Norfolk County Council
Government findings of review into the vetting and barring scheme (VBS) (Weekly 205)
News in Brief
Seminar to help unions develop strategies in response to the public sector cuts (Weekly 204)
News in Brief
Guilty by an employment tribunal of blacklisting a prominent trade unionist (Weekly 193)
News in Brief
Binding Settlement (Weekly 193)
Allma Construction v Bonner
Trying to be fair (Weekly 158)
Khan v Vignette Europe Ltd
Benefits of Trade Union Membership (Weekly 148)
News in Brief
UK Perspectives on employee engagement and well-being (Weekly 143)
News in Brief
Means to an end (Weekly 140)
McConkey and anor v Simon Community Northern Ireland
What do the new fitness note proposals mean for sick workers? (Weekly 140)
Ian's Column
Acas guide to managing time off for union representatives (Weekly 131)
News in Brief
Prohibiting Trade Union Blacklisting: Will it Work? (Weekly 127)
Ian's Column
Regulations to prevent union members being denied employment by secret blacklists (Weekly 117)
News in Brief
Breach of Trust (Weekly 113)
R (on the application of G) v The Governors of X school and Y City Council
New Workplace Rights (Weekly 111)
News in Brief
Sham-Bolic (Weekly 110)
Protectacoat Firthglow Ltd v Szilagyi
Paid Time off for Trade Union Reps (Weekly 101)
Ian's Column
Revised Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties & Activities (Weekly 98)
News in Brief
European Works Councils (Weekly 84)
News in brief
The Employment Bill (Weekly 47)
News in brief
Individual rights and responsibilities of employees. A guide for employers and employees (Weekly 45)
News in brief
Migrant Workers (120)
An explanation of the employment law issues
A Balancing Act (119)
An overview of the Work and Families Act 2006
End of Term (119)
Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
Workplace Warnings (119)
Outline of the nature and purpose of disciplinary warnings
Gain without pain (118)
Report published by the TUC about working hours
Caring for carers (118)
Government announce definition of "carer"
DTI rights guide (118)
A guide from the DTI about employment law
Contracted in (118)
Keeley v Fosroc International Ltd
Deductions from wages (116)
Deduced a shortfall
Working Time Regulations (116)
Working Time
Vulnerable Workers (116)
Report for the TUC
Surveying the scene (115)
DTI Workplace Employment Relations Survey
Paying by Results (114)
May Gurney Ltd v Adshead
What does your Boss earn? (114)
A TUC website which lets UK employees access information about staff pay and pensions, profits and losses, etc.
Time Transfer (114)
Celtic Ltd v Astley
Working Time (114)
MacCartney v Oversley House Management
Working to Time (114)
Anderson v Jarvis Hotels
Fixing the Term (114)
Information for workers on a fixed term contract
ACAS Reports (114)
ACAS Annual Report for 2005-2006
More Annual Leave (114)
Plans to ensure that workers get paid leave for bank holidays
Rolled up Holiday Pay (113)
Robinson Steele v RD Retails Services Ltd
Working Hours (113)
British Airways plc v Noble & Forde
Compromise Agreements (113)
Hinton v University of East London
All Wired Up (112)
Cable & Wireless plc v Muscat
Much Obliged (112)
Cotswold Developments Construction Ltd v Williams
Transfer Time (112)
Werhof v Freeway Traffic Systems GmBH & Co KG
Minimum Rates (112)
HM Revenue & Customs v Leisure Employment Services Ltd
Paying for Leave (112)
Getting paid instead of taking holidays
Fewer Trade Union Deals (112)
TUC survey
Roll Up, Roll Up (111)
Caulfield v Hanson Clay products Ltd and other cases
Talk Up (111)
Stewart v Moray Council
Minimum Wage (111)
Mimimum Wage Rise in October 2006
Secret Agent (111)
Agency Worker can be an implied employee
Possible breach of Working Time (111)
Commission v United Kingdom
Success at Work (111)
Protection for vulnerable employees
Tell All (111)
DTI launches Company Visits Scheme
Fighting Fire ... with the Law (110)
Mathews & ors v Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority & ors
A Point in Time (110)
Mangold v Helm
Individually Contracted (110)
Cornwall County Council v Prater
Informed Grievance (110)
Sweetin v Coral Racing
Direct Services (110)
Amendment to the Services Directive
ACAS cuts (109)
Trade and Industry Select Committee inquiry into the work of ACAS
Video nicety (109)
ACAS video on making a tribunal claim
Measuring time (109)
New regulations to remove the "partly unmeasured working time" exemption from the WTR
Employment timetable (109)
DTI list of regulatory changes due to come into force on 1 April and 1 October 2006
Family friendly drafts (109)
DTI draft regulations on family-related leave and flexible working
Regulating disputes (109)
Shergold v Fieldway Medical Centre (IDS 797)
Unity is strength (109)
Summary of the law on collective agreements
Holiday blues (109)
Bacica v Muir (2005, IRLR 35)
Still no justice for NUJ (108)
NUJ v Central Arbitration Committee and MGN Limited (2006, IRLR 53)
We can work it out (108)
Review of employment contracts and answers to some frequently asked questions
Proper Hours Day (107)
TUC "Work Your Proper Hours Day" (Friday 24 February)
Be flexible (107)
TUC report on flexibility in employment contracts
Fixed term discrimination (107)
Mangold v Rudiger Helm
In good faith (107)
Greig v Initial Security Ltd
The terrible twos (107)
Viasystems (Tyneside) Ltd v Thermal Transfer (Northern) Ltd and ors (2005, IRLR 983; IDS 792)
Human right to picket (107)
Gate Gourmet London Ltd v Transport and General Workers Union and ors (IRLR 2005, 881)
Implied terms (107)
Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group v Payne (2005, IRLR 848)
Apprentice deal (106)
New TUC guide on apprentices' rights
Ainsworth goes to the Lords (106)
Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth and ors
Rolled up holiday pay (106)
Caulfield and ors v Marshalls Clay Products Ltd; Clarke v Frank Staddon Ltd; Robinson Steele v Retail Services Ltd
Working time gentlemen please (106)
Hone v Six Continents Retail Ltd
Working holiday (106)
British Airways plc v Noble and Forde
Sick of holidays? (106)
Implications for trade unionists of Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth and ors
A shoddy compromise (106)
Hilton UK Hotels Ltd v McNaughton
New legislation (105)
Second instalment of employment legislation for 2005, coming into effect on 1 October
Repent at leisure (105)
Judge v Crown Leisure Ltd (2005, IRLR 823)
Fixing the terms four years on (105)
Provisions of Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 coming into effect form July 2006
The stress of it all (105)
Vahidi v Fairstead House School Trust
Acas guides (104)
Three new guides on redundancy handling, communications and consultation, and holidays
Not so sacred Sunday (103)
Copsey v WWB Devon Clays Ltd
Re-run for the CAC (103)
R (on the application of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd) v Central Arbitratation Committee (2005, IRLR 641)
Modernisation Fund (102)
DTI proposals for operation of the Government's Union Modernisation Fund
Unions win more recognition (102)
TUC' Focus on Recognition survey
No opt-out from working time (102)
TUC briefing on UK opt-out from 48-hour maximum working week
Trade union accompaniment (102)
Skiggs v South West Trains Ltd (2005, IRLR 459)
A compromising agreement (102)
Hinton v University of East London (IDS, 782)
Bailed out of jail (102)
Four Seasons Healthcare Ltd (formerly Cotswold Spa Retirement Hotels Ltd) v Maughan (2005, IRLR 324)
Union membership pays off (101)
DTI survey of TU membership
Sick note (101)
First Manchester Ltd v Kennedy
Sick and tired (101)
Survey of case law relating to sickness absence
No such thing as a free holiday (101)
Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth and ors
Making it modern (101)
Flett v Matheson
Blowing the whistle (101)
Lucas v Chichester Diocesan Housing Association Ltd (IDS Brief 779)
Flexible working (100)
DTI Second Flexible Working Survey 2005
News from ACAS (100)
New e-learning course, and new publications
Employment Relations Act 2004 (100)
Sections of ERA 2004 coming into force on 6 April 2005
Liable for stress (100)
Majrowski v Guy's & St Thomas's NHS Trust
Intention to harass (100)
Banks v Ablex Ltd
Employment continuity (99)
London Probation Board v Kirkpatrick
News in brief: industrial action ballots (99)
DTI consultation on revising the code of practice governing industrial action ballots and employer notices
News in brief: minimum wage increase (99)
DTI announcement of NMW increases from 1 October 2005
Taking the time (99)
Overview of law governing time off for trade union duties and activities
Stressed out (99)
Hartman v South East Essex Mental Health & Community Care NHS Trust; Wheeldon v HSBC Bank Ltd; Melville v The Home Office; and Best v Staffordshire University
Making more of ADR (98)
ACAS discussion paper on alternative dispute resolution
Temporary employee (98)
Hawley v Luminar Leisure
EAT says burden shifts to employer (98)
Webster v Brunel University
Time out from the regulations (98)
Gallagher and ors v Alpha Catering Services Ltd t/a Alpha Flight Services
I&C Regulations out (97)
Approval by parliament of Information and Consultation Regulations
Fighting fire with the law (97)
Mathews and ors v Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority & ors
Employment relations (97)
Provisions of the Employment Relations Act 2004 that came into effect on 31 December 2004
Fixing terms (97)
Webley v the Department for Work & Pensions
Own up, own up (97)
Item Software Ltd v Fassihi (IRLR 2004, 928)
Roll up, roll up (97)
Smith v A J Morrisroes & Sons
No justice for NUJ (96)
NUJ v Central Arbitration Committee & MGN Ltd
Compare and contrast (95)
Wippel v Peek & Cloppenburg GmbH & C0 KG
Give us a break (95)
Holland v Heathrow Express
A Christmas promise (95)
Judge v Crown Leisure Ltd
Opting out (95)
Clamp v Aerial Systems
An update of trade union law (95)
Review of the Employment Relations Act 2004
Hope fades for recognition (95)
Transport and General Workers Union v Asda (2004, IRLR 836)
Jurisdictional deductions (95)
Gill & ors v Ford Motor Co and Mr Wong & ors v BAE Systems Operations Ltd (2004, IRLR 840)
Time limits (94)
Marks and Spencer v Williams Ryan
Claiming for injury (94)
Eastwood & anor v Magnox Electric plc, McCabe v Cornwall County Council & ors
Confidentiality confirmed (94)
Asda Stores Ltd v Thompson & ors (2004, IRLR 598)
A dependant dismissal (94)
Forster v Cartwright Black Solicitors (IDS 765)
A testing time in the workplace (94)
The law relating to drug and alcohol testing
Fixing the regs (94)
Coutts & Co plc and Royal Bank of Scotland v Mr Paul Cure and Mr Peter Fraser
Dispute resolution (93)
New regulations on dispute resolution
Disclosure of medical records (93)
Hanlon v Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Changing terms and conditions (93)
General principles relating to variation of contract
Building up regulations (93)
Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd v Wright; Redrow Homes (NW) Ltd v Roberts & Ors (2004, IRLR 720)
Discipline and grievance (92)
ACAS code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures in the workplace
Information and consultation (92)
DTI draft regulations on the introduction of the Information and Consultation Directive
Blowing the whistle (92)
Street v Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre
A taxing matter (92)
Wilson (HM Inspector of Taxes) v Clayton (2004, IRLR 611)
Fighting fire with...the law (92)
Mathews & Ors v Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority & Ors (IDS Brief 761)
Fixed time (91)
Webley v the Department for Work & Pensions
We're all going on a summer holiday (91)
Working Time Directive and statutory right to paid holiday
Without prejudice (90)
BNP Paribas v Mezzotero
Express is best (90)
Crossley v Faithful and Gould Holdings Ltd (IDS Brief 755)
Overly protective (90)
Susie Radin Ltd v GMB & Ors (2004 IRLR 400)
Roll up roll up (89)
Robinson-Steele v RF Retail Services Ltd
Stressed out (89)
Barber v Somerset County Council
Short changed? (89)
Bamsey & Ors v Albon Engineering & Manufacturing Plc
Happy holidays (89)
Canada Life Ltd v Gray & Anor (IDS Brief 754)
Electronic guidance from ACAS (88)
ACAS guidance for the use of the internet and e-mail at work
Document checklist for illegal workers (88)
Changes in work status verification
Sick leave during holidays (88)
Inland Revenue v Ainsworth that the case of Kigass Aero Components v Brown (2002, IRLR 312)
Staff Forum or trade union? (88)
BECTU v City Screen Ltd (IDS Brief 753)
Sick note (88)
Review of legislation on sickness
A temporary arrangement? (88)
Dacas v Brook Street Bureau
Trade union modernisation fund (87)
Amendment to Employment Relations Bill
Employment agencies regulations (87)
New DTI guidance
Dispute resolution regulations (86)
Government conclusions on resolving disputes at work
Dispute resolution: draft ACAS code (86)
ACAS draft code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures
Retaining discrimination (85)
Matthews & Others v (1) Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority (2) Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service and (3) the Secretary of State for the Home Department. IDS Brief 743 October 2003, [2003] IRLR 732
Achieving equality at work (85)
Review of Achieving Equality at Work - Race Directive and Framework Directive on Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation
Employers to mind their ******* Ps and Qs (84)
Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald International (IDS Brief 743, October 2003)
Altogether now: equality and employment rights brought together (84)
Trades Union Congress
An implied term to notify changes (83)
Glendale Managed Services v Graham and others [2003] IRLR 465
Dismissed for attending a dying father (83)
MacCullogh & Wallis Ltd v Moore, EAT, IDS Brief 740, September 2003
Roll ups not always bad for your health (82)
Marshalls Clay Products v Caulfield
Pearce v Huw Howatson Ltd
Clarke v Frank Staddon Ltd
Sutton v Potting Construction Ltd
Hoy v Hanlin Construction [2003] IRLR 552
Informal companion (81)
London Underground Ltd v Ferenc-Batchelor
Harding v London Underground Ltd [2003] IRLR 252
Employee surveillance (81)
The Employment Practices Data Protection Code: Monitoring at Work
Holidays are here again: roundup of recent cases (80)
List Design Group Limited v Douglas and Others [2002] ICR 686
Kigass Aero Components Limited v Brown & Others 2002 IRLR 312
Blackburn v Gridquest Limited [2002] IRLR 604
MPB Structure Limited v Munroe [2003] IRLR 350
Hill v Chapell [2003] IRLR 19
Worker status: it's a jungle out there (80)
R v Central Arbitration Committee ex parte British Broadcasting Corporation unreported, High Court [6 April 2003]
Employment Relations Act 1999 review (79)
What's in a "week's pay"? (78)
Evans v Malley Organisation Ltd t/a First Business Support [2003] IRLR 156 (Court of Appeal)
Docking wages (78)
International Packaging Corporation (UK) Ltd v Balfour [2003] 11
Family friendly or just another paper right? (78)
Qua v John Ford Morrison Solicitors [2003] IRLR 184 (EAT)
Darlington v Alders of Croydon (Unreported ET. C/no. 2304217/01)
Sick of no notice (78)
Scotts Company (UK) Ltd v Budd [2003] IRLR 145
Night nurses bank minimum wage (77)
British Nursing Association v Inland Revenue (National Minimum Wage Compliance Team) [2002] IRLR 480 CA
Practice makes custom perfectly binding (77)
Henry and others v London General Transport Services Ltd [2002] IRLR 473 CA
Give us a break (76)
Curr v Marks & Spencer plc [2002]
Striking a Dynamic victory (76)
Davis v Friction Dynamics (Employment Tribunal, Unreported Liverpool ET, case no. 6500432/02)
On the horizon (75)
Employment Act 2002
Industrial inaction (75)
Burgess and others v Stevedoring Services Limited [2002] IRLR 810
Developing a charter of workers' rights (74)
Employment Relations Act 1999
Whistle blowing: follow the tune (74)
ALM Medical Services Ltd v Bladon [2002] IRLR 807 CA
Sim v Manchester Action on Street Health (unreported) EAT/0085/01
Parkins v Sodexho [2002] IRLR 109 EAT
Aspinall v MSI Mechforge Ltd (unreported) EAT/891/01
Union Learning Reps etc (72)
Employment Act 2002
Dispute resolution (72)
Employment Act 2002
Whistle blowing in the wind (71)
Parkins v SODEXHO Ltd [2002] IRLR 109
The Met Office v Edgar [2001] ICR 149
Miklaszewicz v Stolt Offshore Ltd [2002] IRLR 344
Career breaks (71)
Curr v Marks & Spencer plc (2002) All ER (D) 76
Partners at work (70)
Chief Constable of the Bedfordshire Constabulary v Graham [2002] IRLR 239
Not Baird at all - workers' holiday judgement (70)
Byrne Brothers v Baird and others [2002] IRLR 96
Fittingly appropriate (69)
R v Central Arbitration Committee ex parte Qwik-Fit (CA unreported)
After the job is too late for protection (69)
Jones v 3M Health Care Limited and other appeals (2001) EAT 11 December 2001
Fadipe v Reed Nursing Personnel IDS Brief 702 February 2002
Need to know basis (68)
Scott v Hillingdon London Borough Council IDS Brief 702 February 2002
Individual contractors left out in the cold (67)
Hewlett Packard Ltd v O'Murphy [2002] IRLR 4 EAT
Professional Contractors Group and Others v Commissioners for Inland Revenue [2001] EWCA Civ. 1945, Court of Appeal
Holiday! It would be so nice (66)
Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2001 SI 2001/3256
Campbell and Smith v Greenwood [2001] IRLR 588
Whitley & District Men's Club v Mackay [2001] IRLR 595
Where the buck stops (65)
Lister v Helsey Hall Ltd [2001] IRLR 472
Bargaining on pensions (64)
UNIFI v Union Bank of Nigeria [2001] IRLR 712
Seriously damaging trust and confidence (64)
BG plc v O'Brien [2001] IRLR 496 EAT
Careless words cost jobs (63)
Cox v Sun Alliance Life Limited [2001] IRLR 448
TSB Bank pic v Harris [2000] IRLR 157
Bartholomew v London Borough of Hackney [1999] IRLR 246
Kidd v Axa Equity and Law Assurance Society pic [2000] IRLR 301
Spring v Guardian Assurance pic [1994] IRLR 460
Regulations delayed (62)
Council Directive 99/70/EC concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by the ETUC, UNICE and CEEP
What's the alternative? (60)
ACAS Arbitration Scheme
It's the way that you do it (60)
Johnson v Unisys Limited [2001] IRLR 279
New Rules OK? (59)
The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2001
Collective v individual (59)
Henry v London General Transport Services Ltd. [2001] IRLR 132
Spell it out (59)
Lange v Georg Schunemann [2001] IRLR 244
Summer holiday for all (59)
R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex parte BECTU, Case C-173/99, European Court of Justice 26 June 2001
A rock of mutuality and a hard place (58)
Montgomery v Johnson Underwood Limited (9.3.01) Court of Appeal [2001] IRLR 269
On the up (57)
Employment Tribunal awards
Councillors curbed (57)
Moores v Bude Stratton Town Council [2000] IRLR 676 EAT
Phone a friend? (57)
John Lewis plc v Coyne [2001] IRLR 139 EAT
Experiences of political discrimination (56)
Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976
McKay v NIPSA 1995 IRLR 146
Whyed Gill v NICEM FET Dec1999
Paisley v Arts Council of NI & An Comhairle Ealaion FET July 1998
Treacy & Barry McDonald, In the matter of 2000 NIEHC 6
Calculating holiday pay (56)
Taylor v East Midlands Offenders Employment Consortium [2000] IRLR 760
Sick of not being paid (55)
Beveridge v KLM UK Ltd [2000] IRLR 765 EAT
Interested chief can't sit (55)
R v Chief Constable of Merseyside ex parte Bennion[2000] IRLR 726
Sauce for the goose not the gander (54)
Clark v Fahrenheit 451 Communications Ltd EAT
But what does it all mean? (54)
Gard & Co v Symonds IRLB 647
T & K Home Improvements Limited v Skilton [2000] IRLR 595
Clark v Nomura International Plc October 2000 IRLB 651
Compromising positions (54)
Sutherland v Network Appliance Ltd (IDS Brief 668)
Motoring to employment rights (54)
Motorola v Davidson and Melville Craig Group Ltd EAT, 18 May 2000 (46/00)
Full pay for holidays (53)
Davies and others v MJ Wyatt (Decorators) Ltd IDS Brief 670 (EAT 13/7/00)
Suspensions damaging to your health (53)
Gogay v Hertfordshire County Council (2000 IRLR 703) CA
The hidden penalties of leaving work (52)
Giraud UK Ltd v Smith [2000] IDS Brief 668
Knight v London Central Bus Co Ltd (unreported Employment Tribunal Case: 2300744/99)
Consultation rights prove their virility (51)
GMB v Man Truck and Bus UK Ltd [2000] IRLR 636
Scotch Premier Meat Ltd v Burns and ors [2000] IRLR 639
Discipline, grievance and the right to be accompanied (50)
Draft Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
Transported to Europe (49)
Bowden and others v Tuffnells Parcels Express Limited EAT 6/4/2000
New part-timer regulations (48)
Part-Time Worker (Prevention of less favourable treatment) Regulations 2000
Watch your mouth (46)
TSB Bank plc v Harris [2000]
IRLR 157
Strict test for insolvency payments (45)
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Walden and another (Unreported 22.7.99)
New rights for employees? (44)
Brigden v American Express Banks Ltd [2000] IRLR 94 High Court
Partial improvements for part time employees (44)
The Part-Time Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations
Legal but not clean (43)
New Century Cleaning Company v Church [2000] IRLR 27 Court of Appeal
Available workers of all descriptions unite (42)
Carmichael & another v National Power Plc
House of Lords 18.11.99 [2000] IRLR 43
Getting in on the act (41)
Bain v Post Office Counters [1999] ET 27 August 1999 unreported
Edmunds v Lawson [1999] Times Law Reports 11 October 1999
Full time pay for full time courses (41)
Mrs P Davies v Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council [1999]
IRLR 769
Pay in lieu of notice liable to tax (40)
EMI Group Electronics Ltd v Coldicott (HM Inspector of Taxes) [1999]
IRLR 630 CA
Cerberus Software Ltd v Rowley 14.7.99 EAT
(reported IRLB 626)
T and K Home Improvements Ltd v Skilton 18.3.99 EAT
(reported IRLB 626)
Steward's enquiry result (38)
FW Farnsworth Ltd v McCoid [1999] IRLR
Look smart - casuals have rights too (36)
Convey and Others v Saltire Press Ltd and Anderson Key Printers Ltd
"Mind the gap" says EAT (36)
Sweeney v J & S Henderson (Concessions) Ltd [1999] IRLR 306
Collecting terms from union agreement (36)
City of Edinburgh Council v Brown [1999] IRLR 218
Time to challenge Unlucky 13 (34)
R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex parte BECTU (High Court,14 April 1999)
Hitting a rich seam on working time (33)
Barber and others v RJB Mining (High Court, 3 March 1999) IDS Brief 634 April 1999
Who gets it and who doesn't (33)
National Minimum Wage Act 1998, National Mimimum Wage Regulations 1999
Net pay is crucially important (33)
Cantor Fitzgerald International v Callaghan and Others; 21 January 1999, Court of Appeal (The Times 25/1/99)
Friend or foe? (33)
Friend v Institution of Professional Managers and Specialists [1999] IRLR 173
Bank of Credit and Commerce International v Ali
Don't rely on the boss (32)
University of Nottingham v Eyett and the pensions Ombudsman [1999] IRLR 87
On duty, or off duty? (32)
Meaning of "Course of Employment" Under Discrimination Law and Common Law
Britons deprived of their rights (31)
Gibson v East Riding of Yorkshire Council (EAT, 5 February 1999)
Cawley v Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust (EAT, 21 January 1999)
SIMAP v Conselleria de Sandid y Consumo de la Generalitat Valencia (reference to ECJ)
R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex parte BECTU (hearing date 13 April 1999)
Compensation - but no job? (30)
The Practicability of Re-engagement
Wood Group v Crosson IRLR 680
Time limits in discrimination cases (29)
Mills and Crown Prosecution Service v Marshall [1998] IRLR 494 EAT
Aniagwu v LB Hackney 2/9/98
Discrimination: who is protected? (28)
Loughran and Kelly v Northern Ireland Housing Executive [1998] IRLR 593 (HL)
'Continuity knocks' (28)
Carrington v Harwich Dock Co Ltd [1998] IRLR 567 (EAT) and Clarke and Tokeley Ltd v Oakes [1998] IRLR 577 (EAT)
360º spin: National Minimum Wage (28)
Rights for union members (25)
FW Farnsworth Limited v Mcoid (1998) IRLR 362
Casual about employee status? (25)
Loughran v Northern Ireland Housing Executive [1998] IRLR 70
Cheng Un Yuen v Royal Hong Kong Golf Club [1998] ICR 131
Clarke v Oxfordshire Health Authority [1998] IRLR 125
Carmichael v National Power Plc [1998] IRLR 301
Payment in lieu of notice: debt under contract or damages for breach of contract? (25)
Gregory v Wallace (1998) IRLR 387, Court of Appeal
Deduction of wages for those working on a commission basis (25)
Robertson v Blackstone Franks Investment Management Limited 1998, IRLR 376 Court of Appeal
Fairness at Work White Paper: family friendly policies (25)
Legislating for Fairness at Work (24)
Fairness at Work White Paper, DTI May 1998 (Cm 3968)
Beyond recognition (24)
Fairness at Work White Paper, DTI May 1998 (Cm 3968)
Employee power (23)
Carmichael and Leese v National Power, Court of Appeal, March 1998 (unreported)
New codes: same contents (23)
Revised Codes of Practice on:
Disciplinary Practice and Procedures in Employment;
Disclosure of information to trade unions for collective bargaining purposes;
Time off for Trade Union Duties and Activities
New cases highlight inconsistent approach by the courts (21)
Loughlan and Kelly v Northern Ireland Housing Executive [1998] IRLR 70
Clark v Oxfordshire Health Authority [1998] IRLR 125
Court gives green light to rogue employers (21)
BBC v Kelly Phillips Court of Appeal 1469/98 Case No. EAT RF 971051 CMS3 (Unreported)
Fixed term contracts - more confusion (18)
Bhatt v Chelsea & Westminster Health Care Trust (1) & Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (2) [1997] IRLR 657
Changing hours: the limits of flexibility (17)
SmithKline Beecham plc v Johnston, EAT/559/96 (7 February 1997)
National Semiconductor (UK) Limited v Church, EAT/252/97 (Scotland) (1July 1997)
Hussman Manufacturing Limited v Weir, EAT/309/97 (Scotland) (30 July 1997) IDS Brief 599, October 1997
Representatives and statutory rights (15)
Shillito v Van Leer (UK) Limited [1997] IRLR 495 (EAT)
Keane & others v Clerical Medical Investment Group Ltd (Bristol Industrial Tribunal, 19/6/97) IDS Brief 595
Stub it out (15)
Waltons & Morse v Dorrington
[1997] IRLR 488 (EAT)
Tough sanctions in new consultation proposals (13)
(European Commission proposals)
Check-off checks chucked (13)
(Deregulation and Contracting Out Act)
Disabling decisions (13)
R M O'Neill v Symm & Company Limited (2700054/97 11/6/97) (Unreported) Industrial Tribunal
Hopkins v ERF Manchester Limited (2400863/97 28/4/92) (DCLD 32 Summer 97) Industrial Tribunal
Schanz v Herefordshire Community NHS Trust settlement
Sacked before she started (12)
Sarker v South Tees Hospitals Trust NHS
[1997] IRLR 328
One law for the rich? (12)
Clark v BET plc [1997] IRLR 348 (High Court)
Fixed-term contracts - waiver clauses (12)
BBC v Kelly-Phillips (25 June 1997) EAT/1397/96 unreported
Housing Services Agency v Cragg [1997] IRLR 380 EAT
Courts stop sleight of hand in sickness and disability benefits schemes (11)
Bainbridge v Circuit Foil UK Ltd [1997] IRLR 305
Adin v Sedco Forex International Resources Ltd [1997] IRLR 280
Part timers get equal paid time off... (6)
Kuratorium fur Dialyse und Nierentransplantation v Lewark [1996] IRLR 63
...except when the EAT says they don't (6)
Manor Bakeries Ltd v Nazir [1996] IRLR 604
Good news for RSI sufferers (6)
Pickford v ICI CA 18 July 1996
Disability discrimination (4)
The Disability Discrimination (Meaning of Disability) Regulations 1996
The Disability Discrimination (Employment) Regulations 1996
Code of Practice for the elimination of disability discrimination
Guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability
Staff get shirty with sweater shop over deductions from pay packets (3)
Kerr v The Sweater Shop 1996 [IRLR 424] (EAT)
The Sweater Shop v Park 1996 [IRLR 424] (EAT)
Is ET coming in to land? (3)
(changes to Industrial Tribunals)
Changing payments (2)
Candler v ICL Systems Services
Bullying in the workplace (2)
Equal treatment and benefits (2)
Meyers v Adjudication Officer 1996 1CMLR 461 ECJ
New legislation (1)
Employment Rights Act 1996 Industrial Tribunals Act 1996
Bank nurse is an employee (1)
Clark v Oxfordshire Health Authority EAT May 1996
New legislation (1)
Employment Rights Act 1996 Industrial Tribunals Act 1996

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