HR Articles

This week, the Independent commented on the case of a French teacher, who after living in the UK since 1974, found her application for Permanent Residency was refused. The EEA national was told to get private health insurance and “try again” in 5 years’ time.

In Fidessa Plc v Lancaster, the claimant, on return from maternity leave, agreed to work 9am-5pm four days a week.

In Peninsula Business Services Limited v Baker, the Claimant worked as a legal advisor. The Claimant told his manager that he thought he may have dyslexia.

In the case of Ali v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago, the Privy Council ruled that there was no implied term that a voluntary redundancy situation relieves an employee’s obligation to repay a loan.

On 23rd February 2017, the Government provided a response to the consultation paper, ‘Reforming the Employment Tribunal System’ published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Ministry of Justice.

The long running question in Lock v British Gas, whether holiday pay should include commission, appears to have been definitively answered.

Our business immigration team recently reported that the government would be introducing a new Immigration Skills Charge (or Levy) this year for Tier 2 sponsors. We can now report that the government has published some more details about this charge which will apply from 6 April 2017, subject to parliamentary approval.

The Data Protection Act gives individuals the right to make a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) to find out what information an organisation holds about them.

Under section 145B of TULRCA, it is an offence for an employer to offer employees an ‘inducement’ which, if accepted, would result in them giving up any or all of their collective bargaining rights.

This morning, the UK’s highest court has unanimously ruled that the minimum income threshold introduced by Theresa May in 2012, is lawful. The measure that British spouses must earn more than £18,600 before they can bring non-European spouses to the UK, will therefore remain in place.