June 2015 #161 Issue Archives | Legalease Law Journals

Working Time Regulations: Calculating holiday pay after Lock

Trowers & Hamlins LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2015 #161

An employment tribunal has recently determined that it is necessary to add words into the Working Time Regulations 1998 to resolve a conflict over holiday pay in EU and domestic law. Rebecca McGuirk discusses the case

Whistleblowing: EAT rules on the public interest test

Winckworth Sherwood | Employment Law Journal | June 2015 #161

David von Hagen reviews a recent case interpreting the amendments made two years ago to the law on public interest disclosures

Employee Misconduct: To report or not to report?

Shoosmiths LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2015 #161

When should employers involve third-party organisations in workplace issues, ask Gwynneth Tan and Alex Newborough

Collective Redundancies: ECJ restores established meaning of ‘establishment’

Howard Kennedy | Employment Law Journal | June 2015 #161

The decision in the long-running Woolworths case is good news for multi-site employers looking to restructure, writes Lydia Christie

Discrimination: Court of Appeal gives guidance on admitting background evidence

Irwin Mitchell LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2015 #161

Christopher Tutton welcomes a new decision enabling tribunals to exclude evidence from discrimination cases if it is of only marginal relevance

Trade Unions: The scope of collective bargaining

Bird & Bird LLP | Employment Law Journal | June 2015 #161

The High Court has established that the scope of collective bargaining in cases of compulsory trade union recognition is limited to core contractual terms on pay, hours and holidays, report Elizabeth Lang and Julian Bohm

Modern Slavery: More action needed?

Fieldfisher | Employment Law Journal | June 2015 #161

Richard Kenyon and Catherine Meredith analyse the impact of new legislation and recent developments in employment case law on preventing forced labour

Employment Law Journal: June 2015 #161