The year ahead: What to expect in 2019

Hogan Lovells | Employment Law Journal | December 2018/January 2019 #196
Stefan Martin and Jo Broadbent outline the key developments that employers and their advisers should prepare for in the next 12 months ‘Several important cases are expected to reach the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in the coming months, and we expect the government’s response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s Sexual harassment in …

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Protected disclosures: Directors personally liable for £2m whistleblowing award

Mayer Brown International LLP | Employment Law Journal | December 2018/January 2019 #196
Christopher Fisher and Jennifer Watts assess the impact of the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Timis v Osipov and examine what employers should do now ‘It is clear that, in whistleblower dismissal cases, claimants will be well advised to plead their claims against both the employer and any individual employee responsible for a dismissal decision …

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Reasons For Dismissal: Into the mind of the employer

Dechert LLP | Employment Law Journal | December 2017/January 2018 #186
Charles Wynn-Evans investigates how the courts and tribunals assess the reasons for an employer’s actions in dismissal and discrimination claims ‘What if the decision-maker has been manipulated into making the decision to dismiss? This was recently considered in Royal Mail Ltd v Jhuti in the context of a claim of automatic unfair dismissal by reason …

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Legal News: Employment update

Hogan Lovells | Employment Law Journal | September 2016 #173
Jo Broadbent rounds up recent case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers ‘The future of the “dual discrimination” provisions in the Equality Act 2010 that have not been brought into force apparently remains under consideration.’ Bans on religious symbols in the workplace – direct or indirect discrimination? Bougnaoui v Micropole SA [2016] concerns …

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