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Author Archives: Darren Newman
Employment Tribunal fees have been abolished
Blimey. I now wish that, when I wrote yesterday’s post on the imminent Supreme Court ET fees decision, I had sounded rather more confident. Frankly, though, I found it difficult to believe that the Court would really be so bold as … Continue reading
Supreme Court ready to rule on Tribunal fees
This is a post with a very short shelf life. By Wednesday afternoon it will be irrelevant. On Wednesday morning the Supreme Court will give its decision in the Judicial Review proceedings challenging the legality of the Employment Tribunal fee … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Tribunals
Tagged access to justice, fees, indirect discrimination, supreme court
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What about the dependent contractors?
There is much to mull over in the Taylor ‘Good Work’ Review. It proposes some significant changes to employment law that deserve serious consideration. I set out a whole list of them here. But a lot of attention is being … Continue reading
Posted in Employment status, Taylor Report, Uncategorized
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The Taylor Review – the good, the bad and and the cosmetic
It’s easy to pick holes in any substantial piece of work – which is great news for people like me. There is, therefore, plenty in the Taylor Review ‘Good Work’ Report (as it now seems to be called) that I … Continue reading
Employment Status – in praise of fuzziness
As we await the publication of the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, one issue that is being discussed is whether the definitions of employee and worker need to be simplified and/or clarified. There is a general feeling that that … Continue reading
Banning employees from wearing headscarves
Let’s get one thing clear at the outset. The European Court of Justice has not said that it is OK to ban Muslim employees from wearing headscarves. It really hasn’t. But the decision in Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions NV … Continue reading
Pimlico Plumbers and the ‘self employed’ worker
Employment status is clearly going to be this year’s hottest employment law issue. Just last week the Government published its Employment Status Review. It is dated December 2015 so it has been sitting on someone’s desk for over a year. … Continue reading
The Range of Reasonable Responses Podcast
So I thought I’d give podcasting a try. Since talking about employment law is essentially what I do it seems to make sense to do things where I talk rather than write – and I thought it would be a good … Continue reading
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Can you afford to ignore the Gender Pay Gap Regulations?
Actually, I think you can. Probably. I mean what’s the worst that can happen? While other large employers publish their gender pay gap information you simply sit back and say. “Not for us, thanks, we’re fine.” Of course many people … Continue reading
Posted in Equal pay, Equality Act, gender pay gap
Tagged ECHR, enforcement, Equality Act 2006, Equality Commission, gender pay gap
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Can We Ban Christmas Travel Chaos?
As we face a Christmas of discontent, Ministers are, according to the Sunday Telegraph, coming under pressure from backbenchers to introduce laws to curb strikes in important public services. Which is odd really, because they already have. The Trade Union … Continue reading
Posted in BREXIT, Industrial action, Trade Union Bill
Tagged Chris Grayling, christmas travel chaos, ILO, strikes, UNiITE, WTO
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A Range of Reasonable Responses 