In response to the findings published last year in Matthew Taylor’s Review of Modern Working Practices, the Government has today pledged to follow through on some of the recommendations and improve employment rights for millions of flexible workers. Business Secretary Greg Clark announced that the new [...]
The recent spate of allegations of sexual misconduct stemming from Hollywood and US Congress raise the important issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. Since these allegations have come to the light the BBC has reported that it is investigating some 25 complaints made this year [...]
The debate surrounding the employment status of gig economy workers rumbles on after the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) recently ruled that Deliveroo couriers are correctly classed as self-employed contractors. Earlier this year, the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) asked Deliveroo to recognise it as [...]
In October 2016 the Employment Tribunal decided that Uber drivers were “workers” for the purposes of employment law, not self-employed as Uber had claimed. Uber appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) who have now dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the original decision that the drivers [...]
Following our last update on the Supreme Court judgement ruling employment tribunal fees discriminatory and unlawful, the Government has now announced preliminary details of its refund scheme. In a joint statement from the Ministry of Justice and the HM Courts & Tribunal Service, a phased approach [...]
The rise of the “gig economy” where short-term, flexible and somewhat unpredictable working patterns are prevalent at the expense of basic employment rights has hit headlines recently in three high profile employment cases. How does this affect the new and increasing number of startup businesses which [...]