Holiday Pay: Unlocking the commission payments puzzle

Trowers & Hamlins LLP | Employment Law Journal | April 2016 #169
Helen Cookson and Anna Scott analyse the EAT’s decision in the long-running case of Lock v British Gas Trading ‘Key to calculating a week’s pay under the ERA is to work out which subcategory the employee falls into. For example, do they have normal working hours and, if so, does pay vary according to the …

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Duty Of Good Faith: Engendering ‘reasonable expectations’

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Employment Law Journal | July/August 2014 #152
Employers must be wary how they communicate their intentions to the workforce in light of a recent ruling, warn Annabel Gillham and Jemima Coleman ‘IBM could have wide ramifications in the employment context as it could give rise to a more general fetter on an employer’s ability to take action.’ Employers engaging in consultation with …

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Enhanced Redundancy Policies: New guidance from the courts

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Employment Law Journal | October 2013 #144
Gary Freer looks at two recent cases that have revisited the issue of when redundant employees have a legal right to additional benefits and when this is a matter for the employer’s discretion ‘In Allen v TRW SystemsLtd and Park Cakes Ltd v Shumba the employers had succeeded in persuading the employment tribunal that the …

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