Clarity for when the clock starts ticking on notice of termination The Supreme Court had previously held (Gisda Cyf v Barratt) that in the context of statutory employment claims, notice sent by letter is effective when the employee reads the notice or has...

Shared Parental Leave: Failure to enhance pay for men is not direct sex discrimination In the case of Capita v Ali, the EAT was asked to consider whether failing to enhance shared parental leave pay in line with enhanced maternity pay is direct sex...

In Brazel v Harpur Trust (UKEAT/0102/17), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that holiday pay for a zero hours term-time only worker cannot be capped at 12.07% of annual earnings The school calculated holiday pay pro rata to the proportion of...

Discrimination compensation guidelines updated The compensation bands of awards for injury to feelings, known as the Vento bands have been updated. In respect of claims presented on or after 6 April 2018, the Vento bands shall be as follows: A lower band...

An engineer of Caribbean origin has been awarded more than £11,000 after a tribunal found he was the victim of direct racial discrimination due to comments made by colleagues mocking and imitating his accent Edwards worked as a wheelchair engineer for...

The current Childcare Voucher scheme which enables working parents to fund childcare through their pre-taxed salary with weekly vouchers worth up to £55 was due to close to new entrants in April this year An alternative government-backed tax-free childcare...