Category Archives: Law
Knowledge and pregnancy discrimination
The Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of Really Easy Car Credit Ltd v Thompson has considered whether an employer needs to have knowledge of pregnancy when a decision to …
Knowledge of disability
The Court of Appeal in the case of Donelien v Liberata UK Ltd has confirmed that an employer did not have constructive knowledge of an employee’s disability where it relied …
Statutory Pay increases
At the end of 2017, the government announced increases to certain rates of statutory pay. From April 2018 (date to be confirmed) the following rates will take effect: Statutory maternity, …
PILONs, tax and termination payments
New rules are planned to come into force from 6 April 2018 which will affect the taxation of some non-contractual payments in lieu of notice. Background In general, if a …
Detriment and knowledge
The Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of Malik v Cenkos Securities Plc has held that a person who is alleged to have subjected a whistleblower to detriment must personally …
