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In the recent case of HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills v Interim Executive Board of Al-Hijrah School [2017], the Court of Appeal considered whether a faith school’s policy of segregating boys … Read more

My first seat within my Traineeship at Jackson Boyd was in Employment law. Clients who were due to attend an Employment Tribunal hearing would often, understandably, feel anxious about being in in front of an … Read more

I have previously written about studies showing that zero hours contracts can be harmful to workers health, and my colleague Laura Macdonald has reported that as of May 2017 zero hours contracts remained popular with … Read more

Following our update on 26 July 2017, containing the breaking news that the Supreme Court had deemed Employment Tribunal fees as unlawful as preventing access to justice, it is now emerging that the Employment Tribunals … Read more

The European Court of Human Rights has recently given its judgment in a long-running case concerning the decision of a company to dismiss an employee after monitoring his electronic communications and accessing their contents, and … Read more

The recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of Bărbulescu v Romania involves whether employers monitoring private messages sent by an employee through a work related Yahoo account without … Read more

The famous toymaker, Lego, has announced alongside their half-year results that their revenue has fallen by 5%, with profits down 3% due to declining sales in their established markets within Europe and the US. They … Read more

On 20 July 2017 the Presidents of the Employment Tribunal in England & Wales and in Scotland launched a consultation on proposed changes to Employment Tribunal awards for injury to feelings and psychiatric injury following … Read more

Following the abolition of employment tribunal fees, the Employment Tribunal has handed down an interesting judgment in the case of R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor. The Claimant was employed by Tesco … Read more