April 2012 #129 Issue Archives | Legalease Law Journals

Tribunal Fees: What price justice?

11KBW | Employment Law Journal | April 2012 #129

The government’s proposals to charge claimants to bring a case before the employment tribunal could do more harm than good, warns Peter Wallington QC

Violence At Work: Considering the boundaries of vicarious liability

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Employment Law Journal | April 2012 #129

The Court of Appeal has considered the circumstances in which employers are responsible for violent acts committed by their employees, reports Fiona Clark

National Minimum Wage: Untangling the work experience web

Lewis Silkin | Employment Law Journal | April 2012 #129

Rachel Rooksby and Carla Leonard highlight a worrying discrepancy between the government’s pledge to ensure interns receive the minimum wage and its own unpaid jobseeker schemes

Industrial Action: More leeway for unions post-Serco

Devereux Chambers | Employment Law Journal | April 2012 #129

The courts are growing less willing to grant injunctions to employers to prevent strikes going ahead, explains Alice Carse

Nepotism: Are workplace relationship policies now Dunn with?

Outer Temple Chambers | Employment Law Journal | April 2012 #129

Benjimin Burgher considers the impact of two conflicting EAT rulings on discrimination on the ground of marital status.

TUPE: When does ‘the’ mean ‘a’?

Hogan Lovells | Employment Law Journal | April 2012 #129

Vanessa Hogan welcomes clarification from the Court of Appeal on whether a dismissal can be connected with a transfer if no transferee has yet been identified

International Secondments: Cross-border claimants

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Employment Law Journal | April 2012 #129

Jemima Coleman and Justine Reeves look at overseas workers’ right to bring a complaint in the UK employment tribunal, using the example of a posting to the UAE to examine the legal and practical issues involved

Employment Law Journal: April 2012 #129