Employment Law Journal: June 2012 #131

Employment Law Reform: Queen’s Speech sheds light on new legislative framework

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2012 #131

Jemima Coleman considers the next steps in the government’s proposed overhaul of employment legislation

Tribunal Procedure: A costly mistake

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Sarah Fitzpatrick | Employment Law Journal | June 2012 #131

Sarah Fitzpatrick looks at the lessons from recent case law on applying for a costs order

Age Discrimination: Supreme Court gives landmark retirement rulings

Lewis Silkin | Employment Law Journal | June 2012 #131

Christopher Hitchins analyses the eagerly awaited decisions in Seldon and Homer on justifying direct and indirect age discrimination

Redundancy Selection: Do employers need a bigger pool?

Olswang | Employment Law Journal | June 2012 #131

The EAT has recently looked at whether a selection pool of one is a fair way of making employees redundant, report Dan Aherne and Hannah Shribman

Equality Policies: Going global

Latham & Watkins | Employment Law Journal | June 2012 #131

Stephen Brown, Sarah Gadd and Emma Perkins weigh up the challenges and benefits for employers of implementing a single set of anti-discrimination standards across their international operations

Data Protection Act: Avoiding fishing expeditions

Dechert LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2012 #131

A recent decision may provide some encouragement to employers seeking to resist compliance with subject access requests that they believe have been made for the purposes of actual or contemplated litigation, writes Charles Wynn-Evans