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Secret Recordings – Can They Amount to Gross Misconduct?

With the technology available on mobile phones, it is now relatively easy for employees to record workplace meetings secretly. When an employee secretly records a meeting with their employer, the general rule in the UK…

Suspending an Employee Pending an Investigation or Disciplinary Process

Under what circumstances have employers the right to suspend employees? What recourse have employees who have been unfairly suspended? Introduction When an employee has been accused of gross misconduct or some other serious disciplinary matter,…

Employee Refusing to Work – Is a Threat to Dismiss an Unlawful Detriment?

Yes, where the employee’s refusal is (at least in part) influenced by a requirement to work without rest breaks. What Does the Law Say? Workers are protected against detriment and dismissal if the reason for…

Court of Appeal rules that voluntary overtime payments should be reflected in holiday pay

Addleshaw Goddard LLP – Amanda Steadman Holiday pay: Court of Appeal rules that voluntary overtime payments should be reflected in holiday pay The Court of Appeal has upheld an EAT decision that the Working Time…

Lanyard Safety for Drivers

Police are warning drivers about the dangers of wearing lanyards around their necks when driving. This follows vehicle accidents when the force of airbag deployment has pushed the lanyard and ID badge/pass into the driver’s…

Employers must record working time: Judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union

Rachael Brenchley Boyes Turner LLP With unerring timing the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has linked metal health, working time and Brexit all into one judgment during mental health awareness month. The…

National living wage to increase nearly 5% from April 2019

The national living wage, the statutory national minimum wage for those aged 25 and over, will increase 4.9% from 1 April 2019, from £7.83 to £8.21. The Low Pay Commission (LPC), which recommended the increase, estimated that…

Employment Law News, Latest News 22/02/2019

Most businesses’ job adverts contain ‘male bias’

Article by HR Magazine’s Rachel Muller-Heyndyk, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 More than half (60%) of businesses exhibit male bias in job adverts as a result of gendered language, according to research by Adzuna The jobsite used an…

Wages rises accelerate to fastest pace since 2008

Dear Members We urge you to read the article posted by the BBC today. Although it shows different views, the simple fact that cannot be ignored is that wages are increasing. The figures below vindicate the…

W.E.U. News 06/12/2018

Disciplinary procedures: 10 common breaches of the Acas Code of Practice

In todays economic climate it pays to be a member of the Workers of England Union, an Independent Trade Union who can represent you in Disciplinary’s, Grievances, Redundancy’s, Appeals, TUPE, company restructures including representations/advocacy at…

Latest News, Professional Drivers, W.E.U. News 19/11/2018

EAT upholds decision that Addison Lee drivers are workers.

Addison Lee has lost its claim at the Employment Appeal Tribunal that its drivers were self-employed. The EAT ruling today upheld a previous decision that the taxi and courier company’s drivers are workers and should…

Anti-bullying week is 12-16 November

Workplace bullying and harassment Bullying and harassment is behaviour that makes someone feel intimidated or offended. Harassment is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010. Examples of bullying or harassing behaviour include: spreading malicious rumours unfair…

Legal lowdown: Covert recording and monitoring

We get asked many questions about covert records in the workplace, below is an article by Danielle Crawford, an associate solicitor at Winckworth Sherwood, who wrote the following article for HR Magazine. Danielle Crawford, October…

WEU’s campaign has been vindicated by Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader.

Dear Members Since the Workers of England Union’s conception, it has been campaigning for ‘cheap labour from abroad’ to be stopped so that local people can benefit by working for companies that sell their products…