Monthly Archives: June 2008

Contingency fees in the ET to be abolished?

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Usefully Employed

No-one’s daring to say so, but a press release by the Ministry of Justice is reviewing the whole caboodle. Some solicitors are getting worried. A contingency fee is where the solicitor’s fee is a percentage of what he recovers for the client. In my … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment Tribunal, Lawyers | Tagged | 1 Comment

Announcement on equal pay and positive discrimination

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Usefully Employed

The new Equality Bill will, in addition to consolidating the diverse statutes that currently cover the area, introduce: A prohibition on age discrimination in providing goods and services; A statutory basis for positive discrimination on (apparently) gender and race; Staged … Continue reading →

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Comparators in Disability Discrimination

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Usefully Employed

Nearlylegal links to (of course) a housing case, Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm, UKHL, but there is some interesting comment on choice of comparator in discrimination. This is relevant to employment discrimination claims, as well … Continue reading →

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Garden Leave without contractual provision

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Usefully Employed

Can an employer enforce garden leave absent a specific power in the contract of employment? Lawyers are always cautious on advising on enforcement of garden leave, as if in excluding the employee from work the employer puts itself in breach … Continue reading →

Posted in Constructive Dismissal, Contracts of Employment, Garden Leave | 1 Comment

EAT Judgments

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Usefully Employed

I’m delighted that I’ve at last spent 30 seconds stealing being inspired by Nick Holmes‘ use of a Yahoo Pipe to provide a good rss feed from bailii. The fruits of my labours are available on the side bar, or … Continue reading →

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Always keepin’ a man down

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Usefully Employed

I subscribe to the feed at http://wordpress.com/tag/employment/, which I’d only recommend if you’re adept at speed-reading: the amount of content with that tag is too high, and 95% of posts are of little or no interest to the British employment … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Rambling | 5 Comments

Tesco and Trade Unions

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Usefully Employed

This is a very interesting Comment is Free piece from an American trade union leader. It would seem that as Tesco expands into America, it has adopted a very American view of trade unions. Collective bargaining is, if anything, more … Continue reading →

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