Employment Case Law Update September 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Furlough & unfair redundancy dismissal Mhindurwa v Lovingangels Care The employee was a live-in care assistant for a sole elderly client. During the first lockdown in 2020, the client moved to live […]
Employment Case Law Update August 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. COVID-19 Automatically unfair dismissal Montanaro v Lansafe The claimant, Mr Montanaro, was employed by Lansafe Ltd from 17 February 2020 to provide services to Lansafe’s client. Mr Montanaro had arranged to take […]
Employment Case Law Update July 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Right to form a trade union Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee The Court of Appeal has held unanimously that Deliveroo riders are not in an employment relationship […]
Employment Case Law Update June 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Unfair dismissal Accattatis v Fortuna Group (London) Ltd Mr Accattatis was employed by Fortuna Group, a UK company distributing PPE. During the first lockdown, he made a request to work from home […]
Employment Case Law Update May 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Employment status Somerville v Nursing & Midwifery Council In Somerville v Nursing Midwifery Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered the test to determine worker status. The claimant was appointed as a member […]
Employment Case Law Update April 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. COVID health & safety unfair dismissal Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd In what may be one of the first of many tribunal decisions relating to COVID health & safety dismissals, an […]
Al-jedda v United Kingdom Summary
There has been a recent up date in caselaw about whether or not the Secretary of State may deprive a person of their British Citizenship under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 and in particular a limitation on that power if by exercising it, it made a person stateless. The case Al-Jedda v […]