Important appeal lodged 21 July- Augustine v Data Cars. Must a worker's part-time status be the 'sole reason' for the less favourable treatment? Will the doubted McMenemy v Capita Business Services [2007] CSIH judg't be overturned? We await the SC consideration.

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Updated my Employment Rights Bill and beyond tracker
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Delighted to have been appointed to the Lexis+ Employment Consulting Editorial Board #ukemplaw www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/expert...

Supreme Court today 10 June refused permission to appeal in Higgs v Farmor's School - Whether action taken by employer relates to manifestation of a protected belief (prohibited) or instead due to a justified objection to the manner of that manifestation (permitted). supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

The Court of Appeal to hear the appeal in Allison Bailey v Stonewall Equity Ltd & ors (claim for instructing, causing or inducing discrimination) to be heard floating 21/22 October 2025

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draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025 published. From 6 April Statutory Sick Pay rises to £118.75 (currently £116.75). Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental & parental bereavement leave pay rises to £187.18 (currently £184.03)
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Having posted Part 1 on Monday (my 2024 ERA's Tour!) & Part 2 yesterday (my =ities Tour) I now offer up my 3rd & final part of my pick & review the 2024 employment caselaw & legislation with my usual 'terrible' puns. I give you my "Reunion Tour" #ukemplw gowlingwlg.com/en-gb/insigh...

I once again look back & review the year's employment caselaw & legislation with my usual 'terrible' puns - though I have tried to update my cultural references! In Part 1 I offer my 2024 ERA's Tour! Part 2's"=ities Tour" & the Part 3 "Reunion Tour" to follow. Enjoy gowlingwlg.com/en-gb/insigh...

CA to hand down judg't this morning in ADP RPO v Haycocks on importance of whole workforce consultation to fairness of a redundancy when collective consultation under s188 NOT triggered. Is it nevertheless required by "good industrial relations"? #ukemplaw

On 21 Oct the Employment Rights Bill had is 2nd reading & now at the Committee stage scheduled to be concluded no later than 21 Jan. We also got the first 4 related consultations and one related SI. For details see our updated tracker #ukemplaw gowlingwlg.com/en-gb/insigh...

Hopefully it is the Employment Rights Bill 2024 presented for 2nd reading today and not the PM Bill from 2009 with the same name as linked to on the UK Parliament's What's On webpage this morning #weallmakemistakes
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Looks like D-day for the Employment Rights Bill will be 10 October 2024. But this is only start with some details regarding actual implementation of the Bill's provisions to be subject to further consultation. #ukemplaw
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Section 6 REUL 2023 (departure from assimilated case law) today is NOT now coming into force today (1 October) See my post on this shift in Government policy "in the wider context of its work to reset UK relations with the EU" #ukemplw

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Just noticed published today The Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Act 2023 (Commencement No.2 & Saving Provisions)(Revocation) Regs 2024 so s6 REUL (permitting CA & SC to depart from assimilated case law) NOT coming into force on 1 Oct. Is this as sig as I think or am I missing something -help!

The application for leave to appeal from the Court of Appeal in Bailey v Stonewall (causing or inducing discrimination ss111(2) and (3) EqA2010) now on CA Case tracker

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Supreme Crt judgment in Tesco v USDAW on 12 Sept - Whether CA correct to overturn the High Court’s decision granting injunction restraining Tesco from ‘firing and rehiring’ employees in order to remove a ‘permanent’ contractual entitlement to enhanced pay #emplaw
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Just joined. First post - Latest update on Employment Bill from press reports (1) Bill now expected "mid-October" so presumably after return from conference recess (7 Oct) but we wait to see & (2) Right to Switch Off to be via Code of Practice
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