Employment Law

An electrical firm has been ordered to pay a total of £418,000 to 56 of its employees after making unlawful inducements to them to change the terms of their employment contracts

The National Living Wage for those aged 25 and over will increase from £7.50 per hour to £7.83 per hour from April 2018.

Deliveroo has won a dispute over whether its cyclists should be classed as workers or self-employed after inserting a 'substitution' clause into their contracts.

Uber drivers should be classified as workers even when they are waiting to accept new fares.

A restaurant has been fined £30,000 for employing illegal workers following an investigation by the Insolvency Service (IS) and Home Office Immigration Enforcement.

A training officer who simulated a sex act in the workplace has been awarded £14,870 compensation after an Employment Tribunal ruled that he had been unfairly dismissed

The government has begun refunding employment tribunal fees following the Supreme Court ruling that they're unlawful.

A woman who was told that she would be better off working for a more traditional firm has won her claim of age discrimination.

A woman who suffered with mental health problems has been awarded more than £11,000 compensation after her employer failed to deal properly with her request to work fewer hours.

Parents who lose a child under the age of 18 are to be given the right to two weeks' paid leave to allow them time to grieve.