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Thanks to the ratification of the EU Withdrawal Agreement, we are now starting the 11 month transitional period, during which the UK remains subject to EU law without being a member state. What is that likely to mean for UK employment law...

Earlier this month an employment tribunal upheld Samira Ahmed’s equal pay claim, based on a comparison of her pay with that of Jeremy Vine. Although the context was the relatively rarefied world of on-air talent at the BBC, employers of all types can draw lessons from this dispute...

As we start the New Year, we have put together our take on the most important developments of 2019 which are likely to be of continued significance as we move into a new decade...

Last week’s employment tribunal ruling that Jordi Casamitjana’s belief in ethical veganism was protected under the Equality Act was not surprising to legal experts – so why was it so widely reported as a “landmark” case...

If Employment Judge Joffe is correct, our current approach to the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations needs a complete re-think. She decided last week that three cycle couriers who had been engaged as non-employee workers were in principle entitled to invoke the protection of TUPE...

What is the correct legal approach to an unfair dismissal claim if the decision-maker is manipulated by another member of staff with a malign motive...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a NHS Trust was in breach of its duty to make reasonable adjustments when it failed to adjust its sickness absence management policy for an employee suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome...

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the use of covertly obtained CCTV footage to dismiss a group of Spanish employees for theft had not infringed Article 8 (the right to a private life) or Article 6 (the right to a fair trial)...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has overturned an employment tribunal costs order, made mainly because the claimant had turned down two offers of settlement. It has also said that an offer to pay £500 for legal advice on the first of these offers was “wholly unrealistic”...

The Supreme Court has decided that judges are protected against being victimised for whistleblowing, despite the fact that at first sight they do not fall within the scope of the relevant legislation...

Dr Mackereth, a Christian doctor who had worked as a Health and Disabilities Assessor, has lost his claim for religious discrimination against the Department for Health and Pensions...

The role of the in-house lawyer took centre stage in a recent EAT decision involving the dismissal of an academic...