The 2018 Hampton-Alexander Review was published on Tuesday 13th November. In 2016, the Review established clear targets aiming at increasing the number of women in leadership positions across FTSE 350 companies: 33% representation of women on FTSE 350 boards and FTSE 350 executive committee and the direct reports to executive committee by 2020. The reportRead more about 2018 Hampton-Alexander Review[…]

The Yorkshire economy could be £5.2 billion better off with a new and improved approach to small business banking, says TSB. The bank has recently published research in Parliament on the impact of better banking and business services on the productivity of British SMEs. Based on research from Oxford Economics and YouGov, Boosting Local Business reveals thatRead more about Yorkshire could be £5.2bn richer with better small business banking, says TSB[…]

Drivers for taxi firm Addison Lee are employees of the company rather than self-employed, the EAT ruled yesterday, in a move experts said demonstrated once again that “unrealistic” written agreements from employers could be legally trumped by the “in-practice” reality of working relationships. The latest decision in a series of gig-economy cases confirmed drivers forRead more about Addison Lee ruling ‘another nail in the coffin’ for gig economy[…]

Businesses should offer staff perks like free fruit, bicycle loans and counselling to help them stay healthy, according to a new government strategy – but experts argue that more substantial change is needed. The new initiative, to be launched today by the health secretary, urges employers to “help improve the health of their staff andRead more about Government’s ‘free fruit’ scheme isn’t enough to solve employee wellbeing, say experts[…]

Mr Skelton was a senior IT internal auditor employed by Wm Morrisons Supermarkets plc.  In July 2013, he was given a formal verbal warning which left him holding a grudge against Morrisons.  A few months later, Morrisons’ external auditor asked Morrisons to provide payroll data in connection with the annual audit.   Having provided this informationRead more about Data Protection: Employer vicariously liable for a rogue employee’s internet disclosure of 100,000 employees’ personal information[…]

The Government has announced that the majority of employees working in the Health and Social Care sector will be able to apply for settled status under the new EU Settlement Scheme pilot between 29 November and 21 December 2018. This is the new status for EU national’s post-Brexit that will allow them to continue toRead more about EU Settlement Scheme: Helping you support EU staff[…]

K was a paid legal trainee. During the last months of this traineeship, he refrained from taking paid annual leave. After his traineeship ended, he requested an allowance in lieu of the days of leave which he had not taken, which his employer refused to pay relying on German national law. K challenged that refusalRead more about Holiday Pay: Employers need to show they have encouraged their workers to take the holiday they have accrued[…]

Ms Agarwal is a consultant urological surgeon employed by Cardiff University.  The University withheld part of her salary, saying that she was not contractually entitled to it.  The employment tribunal held that it did not have jurisdiction to determine the underlying contractual dispute. The Employment Appeal Tribunal agreed with the tribunal, and Ms Agarwal appealedRead more about Employment Tribunals: Claims of unlawful deductions from wages[…]

Mr Evans was employed by Xactly Corporation Limited as a sales representative.  Having not made any sales in the first eleven and a half months of his employment, and having refused to take guidance from his manager, his employment was terminated.  The tribunal found that it had been terminated because of a break down inRead more about Discrimination: Was it harassment to call a colleague with Type 1 Diabetes a “fat ginger pikey”?[…]