Following our blog of 4 January, there are reports in today’s press confirming that the government is proposing to raise the length of time you need to be employed to bring an unfair dismissal claim from one to two years. The proposal, on which the government is consulting, is in response to concerns raised by employers about an apparent increase in unjustified [...]
So, like in many homes this week, the Andy Gray and Richards Keys debacle has caused much debate in our household between my husband (an avid football fan) and myself (a straight-laced employment lawyer). We’ve covered all the ground from what is banter at work where work is a football field, to the complete sanitisation [...]
Much has been made in the media today about this week’s ruling in Germany giving employers the right to enforce specific dress codes on staff. There has been public outrage after the State Labour Court in North Rhine-Westphalia ruled on the case concerning the clothing and general appearance of airport security personnel, appearing to give [...]
Employers have faced a double whammy in the last 48 hours when it comes to dealing with older workers. Hot on the heels of Miriam O’Reilly’s successful age discrimination and victimisation claim against the BBC, the government has today confirmed it will start phasing out the default retirement age from 1 April 2011 and abolish [...]
Bankers Bonuses are about to be declared and reports in the press suggest that the coaltition government has failed, despite their public announcements to the contrary, to influence the level of bonus payments. What has changed following the credit crisis is that there are now rules stipulating that a set proportion of bonuses must be [...]
Reports in the Financial Times (4 January 2011) suggest that the Government may be revisiting whether to introduce a fee for employees who wish to bring a claim in the Employment Tribunal against their employer. According to statistics published by the Tribunals Service employment tribunal claims saw a 56% increase last year on previous years. It [...]
Bankers’ bonuses are back in the headlines with the bonus season upon us and the million dollar question is whether anything has changed following the credit crisis – will bonus payouts in 2011 be lower than in previous years? Some commentators have asserted that the UK now has the toughest rules on pay although others [...]
Following the court decision to allow journalists permission to tweet from the bail hearing of Wikileak’s founder Julian Assange, this week the Lord Chief Justice has published guidance to deal with applications made in court to permit live communication via social media channels (including Twitter) during the hearing. Whilst journalists in some US states have [...]
Facial hair has, historically, not been looked upon favourably by the courts in situations where employees work in an environment where the highest standard of hygiene is required. In a couple of cases from the late 70s and early 80s, the Employment Appeal Tribunal found that employers’ requests of Sikh employees (or prospective Sikh employees) [...]
Welcome to CM Murray LLP’s first ever blog. Over the coming weeks and months, various members of the CM Murray LLP team will be posting entertaining, interesting and hopefully thought-provoking blogs on a regular basis. Some may be on law; others, not. Well that’s the plan anyway. If you’re reading this six months later and [...]
