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Employment Bill completed in House of Lords and moves to Commons - Hansard HL col 13 2.6.08
Statutory Material - 05/06/08
The Employment Bill, eagerly awaited by many for sounding the death knell for the unpopular Statutory Dispute Resolution procedures, has completed its transition through the House of Lords.
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Rawson v Doncaster NHS Primary Care Trust - question of whether it is just and equitable to extend time must be considered as factor when considering whether to allow amendment to admit a new claim - EAT 11.4.08
Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal - 05/06/08
Mrs Rawson brought claims of unfair dismissal and whistleblowing against Doncaster NHS.
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North Lanarkshire Council v Cowan - if an employer's attempt to vary a contract is not effective then all its old terms still apply: the employee cannot pick and choose - EAT 29.4.08
Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal - 05/06/08
Mr Cowan's claim was a test case for 52 such claims.
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Hodgson, R (on the application of) v National Policing Improvement Agency - decision that police officer must retire is open to judicial review - QBD 4.6.08
Cases - Other - 05/06/08
On reaching 30 years' service DC Hodgson was compulsorily retired by the South Wales Police Force.
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Age bias victim to get £70,000 - BBC 4.6.08
Newspapers and BBC - 05/06/08
In January 2008 we noted one of the first findings of age discrimination, albeit under the Employment Equality (Age) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2006 rather than the (essentially identical) British legislation.
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Agency workers: statement by EC Commissioner Spidla - 21.5.08
European Material - 05/06/08
Vladimír Spidla, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities welcomes the agreement between the "UK social partners" (his description of the CBI and the TUC) - see 2008/05/20 - BERR Press Release "Government agrees fair deal on Agency Work".
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