Author Archives: Darren Newman
The Future of Agency Workers
Labour’s manifesto promised that the new Government will introduce legislation on employment law within 100 days. I’m not sure if the clock is ticking yet. Did they mean 100 days from the election or 100 days from the King’s Speech on … Continue reading
Labour’s Plans for Employment Law – Other Stuff
I’ve now written three posts setting out Labour’s plans for employment law set out in its document “Labour’s Plans to Make Work Pay”. I’ve looked at trade union law, individual employment rights and equality and family-related issues. Ahead of the … Continue reading
Labour’s Plans for Equality Law
Labour’s policy document published at the beginning of the election campaign – “Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay” – has so much detail in it that I have already written about it in two posts. The first looked at trade union … Continue reading
Labour’s Plans for Employment Rights
In my last post I looked at the new measures Labour is proposing in the field of trade union law. In this post I am going to look at individual employment rights, with proposals on discrimination and family-based rights coming … Continue reading
Labour’s Plans for Trade Union Law
I refuse to believe that Sharon Graham, General Secretary of the Unite the union is genuinely unhappy about Labour’s plans for employment law. An updated plan was published by the Labour party on Friday and she was reported as saying … Continue reading
Ending the “sick-note culture”
The Prime Minister gave a speech on Friday proposing to tackle our “sick note culture”. Probably the most significant proposals made were to do with the wider issue of benefits for those were economically inactive because of long-term ill-health. Those … Continue reading
Will Labour Ban Zero-Hours Contracts?
(UPDATED) I’m spending an increasing amount of my time looking towards the next Labour Government and what it will mean for employment law. If the polls are right, it is going to be an exciting time to be an employment … Continue reading
Religious discrimination and “The Color Purple”
The EAT has just handed down a decision in the case of Omooba v (1) Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (2) Leicester Theatre Trust and I am worried about its implications. It seems to suggest that an employer can legitimately cave … Continue reading
Is the Menopause a disability?
The front page of the Times on Thursday carried the headline: Respect the menopause or be sued for disability discrimination, firms told Employers could be sued for disability discrimination if they fail to make “reasonable adjustments” for menopausal women such … Continue reading
A Range of Reasonable Responses 