Employment Law

Recruitment processes can only tell you so much about a job applicant. If an individual is active on social media, surely it is prudent for recruiting employers to examine their online profile to find out more? The practice of online screening is becoming widespread. In this article, we explain why employers need to be careful about when they screen and what they do with the information they obtain.

The Court of Appeal has provided useful guidance on when an employee can claim constructive unfair dismissal based on a "final straw" event following a series of related grievances.

A meat company has been granted an injunction preventing a former employee misusing its confidential information about customers and product prices.

A police force discriminated against a male officer by paying him less while he was on shared parental leave than a woman would have received while on maternity leave.

A cycle courier with a taxi firm was a 'worker' rather than a self-employed contractor and so was entitled to holiday pay.

HMRC is continuing to clamp down on firms that fail to pay the National Minimum Wage and is urging underpaid workers to come forward and complain.

Choosing candidates for redundancy is a complicated process requiring a detailed knowledge of employment law.

A disabled employee has won a constructive dismissal claim after his employer 'forced' him to work evenings.

A local authority's decision not to award incremental pay increases resulted in unlawful deductions of wages for some of its employees.

The European Commission has proposed a wide-ranging new law to strengthen protection for whistleblowers who uncover unlawful activities in their company or organisation.