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Chloe George Basic employment rights are being denied to workers through the ruthless exploitation of agency workers. Minimum wage, holiday pay and the Agency Workers Regulations have been ignored as a result of poor legislation and inadequate policing. This bad conduct seems to have become the norm in the recruitment industry, and agencies which choose to veto … Read more
Zero-hour contracts have attracted headlines in the last couple of years, due to their remarkable increase that has flooded the employment market. According to the Office for National statistics, around one in fifty people in the UK were employed on a zero-hour basis in 2013. Whilst a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development … Read more
In December 2014, there was a tribunal case in the European courts involving a man who was dismissed because he was morbidly obese (Kaltoft v Municipality of Billund (C-354/13). The case attracted huge public interest and a debate ensued in the press. The case is without a doubt relevant to the prevalence of obesity within … Read more
Please find below a list of employment tribunal locations throughout the UK: London London Central >> London East >> London South >> Midlands Birmingham >> Huntingdon >> Leicester >> Nottingham >> Shrewsbury >> North East Leeds >> Newcastle >> Sheffield >> North West Liverpool >> Manchester >> Scotland Aberdeen >> Dundee >> Edinburgh >> Glasgow … Read more
First floor The Crescent Centre Temple Back Bristol BS1 6EZ Phone 0117 929 8261 Fax 0870 739 4009 Email Bristol
Equal Pay Legislation has been around for 40 years and yet there still appears to be a significant gender pay gap. When taking into account the average hourly earnings of full and part-time workers, women earn nearly 20% less than men.[1] Commentators ascribe many reasons for this gap including the preponderance of women in part-time … Read more
Sometimes your employer can make life unbearable for you, be it how they talk to you in front of other employees, the work load they put you under or changes to the way you are meant to work. However before you resign and try to take them to tribunal for a constructive dismissal claim there … Read more
STEP 1 Are you on Means Tested benefits? (Income Suport, Income Based Job Seekers Allowance, Pension Credit Guarantee Credit, Income Related Employment and Support Allowance, Working Tax Credit but not also receiving Child Tax Credit.) IF Yes >>Â Full Remission of Fees IF No >> Not eligible for fee remission – Goto STEP 2 STEP 2 … Read more
Those who work on a self-employed basis have significantly less protection than employees in the workplace. There is a growing trend within certain sectors to work on a freelance or self-employed basis and there are tax benefits in so doing. The benefits, however, must be weighed against the loss of employment rights. A number of … Read more
During 2011 there were some significant consultations within Government that were titled Modern Workplace consultations[1]. One of the points that was put forward in these consultations, and which has been taken up by the Government, is to bring in statutory requests for flexible working time in certain circumstances. The decision to bring this in was … Read more
