The Court of Appeal in the case of Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd has held that a non-compete restrictive covenant was invalid because it was too wide. Background Ms Tillman …
Post-termination restrictive covenants – importance of careful drafting
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Monitoring employee communications – a word of warning
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Barbulescu v Romania has held that an employee’s Article 8 privacy rights were infringed when his …
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Discrimination and burden of proof – a new approach
The Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of Efobi v Royal Mail Group Limited has held that there is no burden on a claimant to prove facts from which a …
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Holiday pay (again)
Background Some employees at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (“the Council”) were contracted to work 37 hours per week and were also able to volunteer to perform overtime. The employees could …
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Suspension is not a neutral act
The High Court in the case of Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth has held that the suspension of a teacher amounted to a repudiatory breach of contract which entitled …
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