The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has decided that a worker does not suffer a detriment if he refuses to sign a 48 hour week opt-out and is then refused an opportunity for overtime, if the employer’s motive is a desire to enforce a reasonable and necessary policy…
A Lasting Power of Attorney (also known as an LPA) is a powerful legal document permitting you to appoint someone that you trust to make decisions on your behalf, either when you do not wish to, or when you lack the mental capacity to do so…
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed that the increase in the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims to two years will only apply to those starting a new job on or after 6 April 2012…
In an attempt to curb the ‘compensation culture’ and rising insurance policy charges, the government is to ban all referral fees for personal injury claims…
Can an employee act reasonably in refusing an offer of suitable alternative employment where an Employment Tribunal correctly concludes that a reasonable employee would have accepted the employer’s offer?
