Legal news: Employment update

Susan Mackay rounds up the latest developments affecting employers and their advisers Although the responses to BEIS’ consultation were generally in favour of a new workers’ watchdog, a number of concerns were raised. Workers’ Watchdog: New single enforcement body to be created On 8 June, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published …
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Equality Act: Choosing a suitable comparator – two recent cases

The tricky issue of comparators has hit the headlines recently. Crowley Woodford and Sarah-Jane Gemmell take a closer look Employment tribunals should not weigh themselves down with extensive fact-finding exercises on the issue of whether the comparators would be employed on the same terms at the claimants’ establishment as at their own establishment. There have …
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