NEVER MIND THE BALLOTS – THE GOVERNMENT’S INDUSTRIAL ACTION PROPOSALS

Tom Flanagan, Tom Flanagan Consulting

September 27, 2015

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TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR SIR BOB HEPPLE QC GIVEN A THE SOCIETY’S 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Saphieh Ashtiany

September 26, 2015

11 August 1934 – 20 August 2015 Bob was a towering figure. The South African Online History Project which records and celebrates great South Africans has an entry for him. The summary reads: Advocate, member of the Congress of Democ...

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WHISTLEBLOWING: HOW TO FIGHT AND WIN UNDER THE NEW LAW

Caspar Glyn QC, Cloisters

March 30, 2015

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TUPE 2014: GAME CHANGER OR NON-EVENT? THE NEW LEGISLATION AND RECENT CASE LAW

Shantha David, UNISON and Charles Wynn-Evans, Dechert LLP

November 4, 2014

Shantha David of UNISON and Charles Wynn-Evans of Dechert LLP reviewed the issues thrown up by the 2014 amendments to TUPE as well as some of the recent case law in this area and assessed how important in practice the changes to TUPE were a...

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KEY EMPLOYMENT AND DISCRIMINATION CASES FOR 2014-2015: A REVIEW

Michael Rubenstein

October 21, 2014

Employment Tribunal jurisdiction and procedure 1. R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor – High Ct – 21 Oct 2. McCann v Extern Organisation Ltd – NICA – pending 3. R (on the application of Puthenveetil) v The Le...

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ZERO HOURS CONTRACTS: AN “EPIDEMIC OF INSECURITY” OR “A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE… PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY”

Hannah Reed, TUC and David Widdowson

September 21, 2014

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CONTRACT MATTERS: INCORPORATION, REPUDIATION AND RELIEF

James Laddie QC and Aileen McColgan, Matrix Chambers

September 20, 2014

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DATA PROTECTION AND SUBJECT ACCESS REQUESTS – THE SEARCH FOR THE SMOKING GUN

James Cox, Gibson Dunn, and Arpita Dutt, Brahams Dutt Badrick French

September 20, 2014

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EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS 50 YERAS ON – WHERE ARE WE NOW AND WHERE TO NEXT?

Judge Brian Doyle

September 19, 2014

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AN INTERNATIONAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON PUBLIC INTEREST WHISTLEBLOWING

Professor David Lewis, Middlesex University

September 22, 2013

Action for Breach of Contract (1) INITIAL SERVICES V PUTTERILL [1968] 1 QB 396 – Exception to the principle of non-disclosure of confidential information where there is 'any misconduct of such a nature that it ought in the public inter...

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DOMESTIC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAW AND THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Catherine Casserley, Cloisters and Anna Lawson, School of Law and Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds

September 21, 2013

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“CRPD” or “Convention”) was unprecedented in being negotiated in only two years. In addition, it was negotiated with the involvement of disabled people themselves (recall...

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FIDUCIARIES, FIDELITY AND GOOD FAITH: NEW SHACKLES FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE MODERN WORKPLACE

Daniel Oudkerk QC, Essex Court Chambers

September 21, 2013

The aim is to discuss how concepts such as the duty of fidelity, trust and confidence and fiduciary duties are being used to shape the employment relationships of employees from security guards and academics through to bankers....

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IN THE SHADOWS – UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS, STATUS AND EMPLOYMENT

Professor Sonia Kay, Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University

September 21, 2013

The aims of the paper have been to consider the impact of undocumented status on the employment relationship, in the context of restrictive migration rules and public policy hostile to migration. This is done through: • A brief overvie...

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COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCY CONSULTATION

Clare Ranson, Accenture

May 18, 2013

Unnecessary Red Tape or an Essential Safeguard? Ambiguity about “establishment” creates uncertainty, notwithstanding new ACAS guidance The trigger point for consultation Too early – employers face criticism for creating unce...

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COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCY CONSULTATION: UNNECESSARY RED TAPE OR ESSENTIAL SAFEGUARD?

Roger Kline, Trade Union Official, Visiting Research Fellow, Middlesex University

May 18, 2013

Public services have seen, and will continue to see cuts to services and large scale redundancies. A significant worsening of the law governing collective redundancy consultation came into force on April 6 2013, most notably halving the con...

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