Employment Law Update Seminar – *Sexual harassment in the workplace in light of Weinstein – Discrimination and bullying law explained – Uber and Deliveroo...where are we with employment status? – Social media* - 25th January 2018

A very big thank you from us at Partners Employment Lawyers to those who attended our recent Afternoon Update. To view the slides from this event please follow this link: Afternoon Update Slides  Date: Thursday 25th January 2018 from 2.00pm until 4.00pm Venue: The Law Society 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL. Topics discussed: Sexual harassment in the workplace in light of Weinstein Discrimination  law explained Uber and Deliveroo…where are we with employment status Social media

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A round up of recent Employment Tribunal decisions

Mitchell v Marks & Spencer plc An Employment Tribunal has made an award of £1,000 against Marks and Spencer after a delay in providing a disabled worker with a lift key to allow him to reach the toilets more easily. The Employment Tribunal held that the employer breached its duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for disabled workers. “…there can be little excuse or explanation for the respondent as an organisation, in the circumstances, not providing the claimant with a key for 10 days when there were keys available and when the cost of cutting a…

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The 5 biggest barriers in sexual harassment cases

The recent news stories about sexual harassment have heightened the focus in this area, and particularly on sexual harassment within the workplace. As specialists in this area, we are unfortunately not surprised by these stories which have started to emerge from Hollywood. We have seen many similar cases over the years. Many people are reluctant to pursue a sexual harassment claim and the reasons are always the same. Five of the most common reasons people give to us for not pursuing a claim are below. We don’t think they should prevent employees from pursing claims if they have been subjected…

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HR horror stories - Third of 4

Suspicious employee – should you suspend? Your employee has been accused of diverting work to his own business and you are VERY suspicious. Do you have the right to suspend your employee while you carry out an investigation? There are only limited circumstances when an employee can be suspended, i.e. if the employee’s presence would impede an investigation or lead to a serious risk to the business/customers/employees etc. It is a protective measure only and should not be used as a knee-jerk reaction. Furthermore, don’t forget there may be certain circumstances where an employee can have an implied right to…

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Updates - Uber and Deliveroo

  There have been two recent decisions about the status of those who work for Uber and Deliveroo. Uber Uber has lost an appeal meaning that its drivers should be classified as workers rather than self-employed. Last year a tribunal ruled Uber staff were workers meaning they were entitled to rights such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage. Uber appealed, arguing its drivers were self-employed and were under no obligation to use its booking app. However, this was rejected. This is due to the lack of control to the jobs assigned to them. Uber has indicated that it would appeal…

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