Banter?

Anti Irish Traveller rhetoric not Harassment, finds ET

The Right to Accompaniment and Unfair Dismissal

I have discussed the right of accompaniment on this blog before in the context of the worker's right under section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999. One component of that right is an explicit right that if a worker's chosen companion at a formal grievance of disciplinary meeting is unavailable then the worker can … Continue reading The Right to Accompaniment and Unfair Dismissal →

ECJ up the ante on Working Time Records

While the UK remains a member of the EU the decisions of the ECJ on employment law will be binding on UK employers/the Government (depending on the circumstances). Indeed, as I have discussed before, even after the departure the decided cases of the ECJ are likely to be binding after Brexit. Last week the ECJ … Continue reading ECJ up the ante on Working Time Records →

Direct Discrimination: Defences

It is a couple of months since I promised the last post in my brief series on direct discrimination with a summary on an employer's defence to direct discrimination claims. Life got in the way, etc. But first a recap, section 13 of the Equality Act 2010 sets out that that no employer can treat … Continue reading Direct Discrimination: Defences →

PCS Elections

The last couple of months have been a bruising one for the PCS Union in respect of ballots and elections. Across the union there was huge amounts of work to get members to vote in the industrial action ballot against the government's pay policy, that is content that is content to force its own staff … Continue reading PCS Elections →