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... is still effective. That was the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of Procek v Oakford Farms limited in yet another decision on the statutory grievance procedure.... Read More
The Regulations came into force in this year following a High Court ruling that the UK's sex discrimination legislation did not comply with European requirements.... Read More
In a deal with the EU the government has secured an agreement that workers in the UK can continue to opt out of the 48 hours a week and work as long as they and their employers wish. This means the present regime of signing an opt out and having to give 3 months notice to opt back in is likely to continue.
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A Christian charity may appeal after an employment tribunal unanimously found it had discriminated against two former employees on religious grounds. Reading-based Prospects was taken to a tribunal by former employees Mark Sheridan and Louise Hender who disagreed with the charity’s Christian-only employment policy.... Read More
The grievance procedure is a pre-requisite for bringing employment claims and falls into two types: standard and modified. The standard procedure requires the claimant to put their grievance in writing, and then the employer arranges a meeting to discuss the matter and produce a finding. At this stage, employees must be given the opportunity to appeal.... Read More
A dramatic shake-up of the tribunals system was unveiled by the Government on 19th May 2008. Individual tribunal jurisdictions doing similar work will be amalgamated into a simplified system, on 3rd November 2008.... Read More
