The Court of Appeal has issued its decision in the long running case of Asda Stores vs Brierley, where female Asda checkout staff have brought an equal pay claim arguing that their customer facing role is being undervalued compared to warehouse worker colleagues. In 2017 the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decided that supermarket staff working […]

The General Register Office (GRO) have introduced large increases in the cost of copies of birth, marriage and death records from 16th February 2019. Families registering a death will now be charged nearly triple the amount following the price increase.  Death certificates have risen from £4 each to £11 for each certificate (or £22 if […]

The Government has announced a proposal to extend redundancy protection for women and new parents.  A consultation paper has been published following recommendations made by the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices in 2017. Currently, under regulation 10 of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc Regulations 1999, before making a woman on maternity leave redundant, […]

New Contractual Rights for Couriers The GMB trade union have struck a ground-breaking deal with courier firm Hermes this week. Under the new agreement the 15,000 gig economy couriers will be able to opt in to become “Self-Employed Plus” workers giving them the access to new working benefits. The agreement allows them to opt for […]

In a long awaited follow up to Matthew Taylor’s Good Work Review of July 2017, the Government has now published a series of proposals to update UK employment law. Despite claims that it is the biggest reform of employment law in 20 years, it perhaps more accurately described as a modest update of existing laws. The […]