Employment Law Updates

With big news about the change in the status of the UK following Brexit on January 31st, 2020, keeping up with changes to the law will ensure that you are prepared to deal effectively with those changes.

Settlement AgreementsYour employer has just mentioned the words ‘Settlement agreement’ to you. What does it mean? How will it affect you? 

New Proposal for Employee ReferencesThe Business Secretary, Andrea Leadsom, has announced that employers in the future will have to provide a basic reference for ex-employees. This follows a report by the parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee and would mean that the start and end dates of any previous employment would have to be confirmed by an employer in a reference for an employee.

In May 2019 last year Jamie Oliver’s restaurant chain collapsed into administration with 1,000 jobs lost. Many of the employees were given no redundancy payments and with some struggling to get by after being given just 30 minutes notice that they were out of a job. KPMG, the companies insolvency practitioner, took control and started the liquidation process

In a landmark case, the Employment Tribunal has ruled that “ethical veganism is a philosophical belief which qualifies as a protected belief” from discrimination. How did Employment Judge Postle make this ground-breaking decision?