Laura Hill

Last week, an Employment Tribunal ruled that “ethical veganism” constitutes a philosophical belief and ethical vegans stand to be protected by the Equality Act 2010 (“EqA 2010”). The case of Casamitjana v League Against Cruel Sports. ...

Bad weather and issues with travel arrangements can cause significant amounts of disruption to a business and employers are often put in a position where they have to decide at the last minute what to do to adapt working arrangements to ensure that...

The Supreme Court has handed down its long awaited judgment in Pimlico Plumbers v Gary Smith in a case which has potentially huge ramifications for freelance workers and employment law generally. Mr Smith brought several claims in the Employment Tribunal in...

Since it was ruled that fees in the Employment Tribunal are unlawful and were abolished in July 2017, notifications to ACAS have increased from around 1,700 per week to 2,200. There has also been a recent report from the Ministry of Justice which showed...

The new National Minimum Wage and the new National Living Wage, which will apply from 1 April 2018, have been announced by the government and, according to the Low Pay Commission, this is the largest increase for 18-20 year olds and 21-24 year olds in a...

Last week, the government published its response to “Good Work: the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices”. This independent review published in July made a series of recommendations designed to improve the working conditions of atypical...

Regulation 12 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) requires employers to give employees a rest break of not less than 20 minutes if a worker’s daily working time is more than six hours. It is important to ensure, therefore, that your business...

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court declared that fees charged in the Employment Tribunal (ET) and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) are unlawful. Historically, claimants wishing to make a claim to the Employment Tribunal would have to pay an issue fee...

The law in relation to indirect discrimination has come under review recently in the Supreme Court decisions of Essop and Others v. Home Office (UK Border Agency) and Naeem v. Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 27 . Indirect discrimination...