3PB barristers Sarah Bowen and Craig Ludlow analyse the latest employment law cases
24th April 2018
3PB barristers Sarah Bowen and Craig Ludlow analyse the latest employment law cases, covering the following topics. Click here to read their update
- 6 year time limit for recovery of compensation does not apply to Unauthorised Deductions from Wages Claims: AM Coletta v Bath Hill Court (Bournemouth) Property Management Ltd [2018] UKEAT/0200/17/RN (29 March 2018)
- Failure to pay enhanced shared parental pay to a male employee was not sex discrimination: Capita Customer Management Limited v (1) Ali (2) Working Families (Intervenor) UKEAT/0161/17/BA (11 April 2018)
- Acceptance of variation of contract of employment not necessarily inferred if an employee works without protest after variation is imposed: Abrahall v Nottingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 796 (19 April 2018)
- Strike out for discussion of evidence whilst under oath: Chidzoy v BBC UKEAT/0097/17/BA (5 April 2018)
- Endorsement of the sequential approach to time extension for ACAS EC: Luton Borough Council v Haque [2018] UKEAT 0180_17_1204 (12 April 2018)
- Amendment: Is adding a s13 EqA claim to a s15 claim just re-labelling – Reuters Limited v Cole UKEAT/0258/17/BA
- Amendment: Is the fact that a proposed amendment can be commenced as a new claim within time conclusive in favour of granting an application - Patka v BBC UKEAT/0190/17/DM (12 April 2018)
- Wasted costs – is there a need to rigorously examine conduct: Wentworth-Wood & Others v Maritime Transport Ltd UKEAT/0184/17/JOJ (16 April 2018)
- Time limits – ACAS advice extension of time: DHL Supply Chain v Fazackerley UKEAT/0019/18/JOJ (10 April 2018)
- Constructive dismissal: Affirmation of breach in the context of ‘Last Straw’ dismissals: Kaur v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 978
IN OTHER NEWS:
- Updated Vento bands applying from 6 April 2018
- Increase in Compensation Limits and Minimum Awards
- New rules for taxation of termination payments and payments for injury to feelings
- Draft legislation protecting whistleblowers seeking jobs in the NHS…
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