Worker's Compensation
Severance For Technology Employees – Dutton Employment Law
Workers employed in the technology industry in a role requiring skills in technology are generally entitled to proportionally more severance...
This ‘n’ that in employment law: Employment & Labor Insider
Catholic school guidance counselor supervisor is a "minister," court says. And therefore she can't sue the Archdiocese of Indianapolis for refusing...
UK: holiday for part-year workers cannot be proportionately reduced to reflect non-working weeks
The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal and EAT in Brazel v The Harper Trust...
UK: dismissal for whistleblower’s manner or conduct may not be automatically unfair even if the whistleblower’s behaviour was not objectively unreasonable
Employers will welcome the decision of the Court of Appeal upholding the EAT’s decision in Kong v Gulf International Bank...
UK: summer update on employment law reform proposals
Those expecting the usual crop of government consultations on employment law reform to be rushed out before the summer recess...
Hong Kong Safety Snapshots: Are employees entitled to statutory compensation for work-related stress?
In a recent Hong Kong District Court decision Chow Kai Yan v Kingsway Cars T Service Ltd HKDC 165, the...
Australia: Government winds back ABCC and Building Code 2016
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has taken his first step to limit the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) by...
Are You Sitting Down for This? California Court of Appeal Provides Further Guidance on Suitable Seating Claims
The California Court of Appeal in Meda v. AutoZone, Inc. recently reversed a trial court’s finding that an employer demonstrated...
UK: protection for ‘beliefs’ may cover a limited right to express a belief, but not misgendering vulnerable clients
Two cases this month illustrate the challenges employers face in relation to employees expressing or manifesting beliefs on sensitive topics...
UK government publishes its response to workplace menopause consultation – but is it right?
It certainly wasn’t the main talking point in Westminster in the middle of the country’s own meteorological hot flush earlier...