Lapdancer leads Stringfellows a merry dance
So, we now have a ruling from the EAT on the employment status of lapdancers… Miss Nadine Quashie’s case is being appealed by Stringfellows to the Court of Appeal so we should not get too exercised yet...
View ArticleSome Random Thoughts Upon the Beecroft Report on Employment Law
I write this as one who for most of her career has acted for employers – small, medium and large – and has often admired BIS (and before that, DTI) reports for their thorough review of existing...
View ArticleMore ado about employment law reform
As part of the Government’s programme of reforms to grow business BIS has called for evidence on the controversial compensated ‘no fault dismissal’ for small (10 employees or fewer) businesses. BIS...
View ArticlePILON leaves employer high and dry
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Cavenagh v William Evans Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 697, clarifies that where an employee’s employment is terminated pursuant to a contractual provision for pay in lieu of...
View ArticleWhat is Boris up to?
This week I’ve been reading some interesting blog posts about Boris Johnson’s ideas on strike ballots – for example requiring a 50% turnout (thanks @FlipChartRick and @DazNewman inter alia for alerting...
View ArticleNo protection for partners who blow the whistle.
Much to the relief of many law firms, the Court of Appeal have overturned an EAT decision that a partner of a law firm was a “worker” within the Employment Rights Act 1996 and so entitled to...
View ArticleI didn’t sign the contract – so I can’t be subject to that non-compete...
Your employer sends you a new contract to sign – maybe you’ve been promoted, maybe a new management team are shaking things up. There are some new benefits – a a pension, health insurance – but there...
View ArticleLa nostalgie de l’automatique
If you’ve ever studied law, and feel nostalgic about wading through Supreme Court cases with multiple judgements dealing with the fundamentals of contract law (as opposed to still having anxiety dreams...
View ArticleYou have been warned!
Guest post by Elizabeth Stern, Employed Barrister Interesting Judgments on final written warnings and more besides have recently emanated from LJ Mummery and LJ Lewison in the Court of Appeal in Davies...
View ArticleBudget 2013: my reflections
Reblogged from Sestini & Co: There are myriad budget commentaries available at this time of year, on TV, radio, the internet and in pretty much all of the newspapers. Rather than adding to the...
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