Handling Dismissal And Disciplinary Issues : Latest Developments

Wake Smith Solicitors 27 October 2015
Handling Dismissal And Disciplinary Issues : Latest Developments

No matter how experienced you are in HR there is always a new situation to deal with, particularly when it comes to handling potential dismissals. We spend quite a bit of time acting as external counsel for businesses…


Day One - Employment Law Rights

Wake Smith Solicitors 23 September 2015
Day One - Employment Law Rights

Whilst employees cannot make a claim to an Employment Tribunal until they have worked for two years they do have a host of rights from "Day One". Here is a review:- Rights When You Apply For A Job Not be discriminated…


European Court Ruling - When Travelling To Work Is Working Time

Wake Smith Solicitors 15 September 2015
European Court Ruling - When Travelling To Work Is Working Time

I wrote about the Advocate General's opinion on working time on 24th July 2015 http://wake-smith.co.uk/news/wake-smith-news/when-does-travel-to-and-from-work-count-as-working-time/ The European Court has now followed…


Why You Might Want Your Employer To Be Based In Scotland

Wake Smith Solicitors 03 September 2015
Why You Might Want Your Employer To Be Based In Scotland

The Scottish government has announced it intends to abolish Employment Tribunal fees. The government's programme for 2015 - 2016 ("A Stronger Scotland") has announced that as part of its employment and economic…


Employment Tribunal Fees - Court of Appeal Challenge Fails

Wake Smith Solicitors 25 August 2015
Employment Tribunal Fees - Court of Appeal Challenge Fails

Unison's battle against the Employment Tribunal claim fees which have been introduced has now been dismissed about the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal were very troubled by the sharp decline in Employment Tribunal…


Supreme Court Gives Google Permission To Appeal

Wake Smith Solicitors 10 August 2015
Supreme Court Gives Google Permission To Appeal

I wrote about the interesting case concerning Google and the Apple Safari browser in which the Court of Appeal held that misuse of private information can form a head of claim and that there could be a claim for…


When Does Travel To And From Work Count As Working Time?

Wake Smith Solicitors 05 July 2015
When Does Travel To And From Work Count As Working Time?

In a European Court of Justice case referred by Spain, Advocate General Bott has given an opinion that for workers not assigned to a specific place of work, the time spent travelling from their home to their first…


Zero Hours Contracts

Wake Smith Solicitors 26 May 2015
Zero Hours Contracts

The term 'zero hours' is not defined in legislation, but is generally understood to be an employment contract between an employer and a worker, where the employer is not obliged to provide the worker with any minimum…


Pre-Employment Tribunal Conciliation Explained

Wake Smith Solicitors 26 May 2015
Pre-Employment Tribunal Conciliation Explained

As part of a package of employment law reforms, pre-employment tribunal ACAS Conciliation came into effect in April last year and became mandatory for all relevant claims in May 2014. Here is a checklist of frequently…


Government Policies To Watch

Wake Smith Solicitors 26 May 2015
Government Policies To Watch

Employment Law Will the government seek to abolish the law of unfair dismissal, the statutory protection that every employee has after two years' service against being unfairly dismissed? The Coalition government…


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