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Figures released this week from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a trend of rising earnings for the low-paid

In Broecker v Metroline Travel Limited, Mr Broecker was dismissed from his role as a bus driver for misconduct reasons.

With increasingly significant social responsibility pressures and UK laws like the Bribery or Modern Slavery Acts, any public exposure by regulators or media of alleged misbehaviour's by well-known businesses, or by people they use as suppliers or agents, highlights the endless scrutiny of what companies do or neglect to do.

Back in August we blogged on claims brought by two Uber drivers that they were ‘workers’ and not self-employed and thus entitled to benefits workers receive such as rest breaks, national minimum wage, holiday pay and sick pay.

Tesco made changes to their pay structures earlier in the year which resulted in an increase to basic pay but a decrease in pay related to unsocial hours, weekend work and bank holidays.

An employment tribunal has concluded that some of EasyJet’s roster practices indirectly discriminated against two breastfeeding flight attendants.

In the recent EAT case of Sandle v Adecco UK Ltd, Mrs Sandle was an agency worker employed by Adecco and working on assignment at a third party.

The news broken by the BBC Panorama investigation about refugees and children alleged to be working in Turkey on clothes for Marks and Spencer and ASOS, whatever the facts are found to be, highlights the challenge of supply chain management and risk to big brands of being linked with such accusations.

A London recruitment agency, Matching Models, has been heavily criticised for posting job adverts on their website for “attractive women”, a “sexy female driver”, and a PA with “a classic look, brown long hair with b-c cup”.

A county court judge has rejected comparisons with phone hacking when setting a level for a data privacy award against the Metropolitan and Greater Manchester Police.