With the forthcoming referendum asking whether the UK should remain in or leave the European Union, we have considered the impact that the EU has had on workers’ rights over the past few decades. Although some legal analysts have suggested that the impact of leaving the EU will do little to erode workers rights, there …
National Minimum Wage – Rates due to increase from 1/4/16 The government has made changes to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act, which will come in to force on 1st April 2016. The revised changes will affect the minimum wage of adults who are 25 years of age and over in the UK. These workers …
An Industrial Tribunal has found that an Antrim man was forced to quit his job on the grounds of ill health due to a failure to provide him with a suitable vehicle to drive. William McIlwrath, 49, from Antrim town worked as salesman for Walkers Crisps and was required to drive across Northern Ireland providing …
Paul Doran Law and Stefan Cross Solicitors Between 2005 – 2013, Paul Doran worked at Stefan Cross Solicitors initially as a paralegal before training, qualifying and working there as a solicitor. From 2003 until the firm was closed in 2014, Stefan Cross Solicitors was the leading equal pay solicitors practice in the UK acting for …
For most people, submitting a claim to an Employment Tribunal is a stressful experience. This might be because you don’t know how the Tribunal procedure works. Read on to discover the major stages you can expect to go through. Hopefully, you will then be more prepared… and less stressed. Are you entitled to make a …
In August 2015, Citizens Advice completed a study into self employed workers and employment rights in which it found that there has been a significant rise in self-employed staff throughout the UK since the recession in 2008. They have found that there is a real growth in such status amongst carers, cooks and cleaners, female …
Following the 2014 decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Whittlestone v BJP Home Support Ltd, a recent opinion of the Advocate General in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) looks set to affirm the position that employees with no fixed based (known as “peripatetic workers”) should be paid for the time …
The introduction of Employment Tribunal fees in July 2013 has caused a massive impact on the numbers of Employment Tribunal claims brought in England, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland has not seen the instruction of fees for Employment Tribunals. To bring a claim, many people are now required to pay an issue fee of £160 …
ACAS Early Conciliation has been compulsory in Great Britain since 6th May 2014. What has been the effect of Early Conciliation on resolving work place disputes? Before making a claim to an Employment Tribunal (ET) it is now necessary to complete an on-line form, the ACAS Early Conciliation Notification form, and allow ACAS to try …
PAID TRAVEL TIME FOR CARE WORKERS For many years, care staff have been employed by local authorities to visit sick and elderly clients in their own homes to check on their health and well-being and to assist them to continue living within the community. Despite doing such fantastic work, many local authorities have decided that …