Employment UK

  • April 17, 2025

    Criminal Defense Firm Loses Bid To Nix Unpaid Wages Claim

    A law firm lost its bid on Thursday to throw out a claim for unpaid wages brought by an ex-employee, with the Employment Appeal Tribunal rejecting its argument that the solicitor was not actually an employee.

  • April 17, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen the producers of West End show "Elf the Musical" face a contract dispute, Korean biotech company ToolGen Inc. bring a fresh patents claim against pharma giant Vertex, and ousted car tycoon Peter Waddell bring a claim against the private equity firm that backed his business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • April 17, 2025

    Booking Agency Revives Claim Over Coldplay Gigs Payout

    An appeals court has rekindled a concert booking agency's claim that a former employee must hand over the commission from arranging a set of Coldplay gigs, ruling in a split decision Thursday that an earlier judge was too quick to toss the case.

  • April 17, 2025

    Worker Wins 2nd Shot At Claim Over Vetting Concerns

    A systems designer can have a second shot at arguing that she wasn't hired by a digital services consultancy because she questioned its vetting practices, after an appeals tribunal said Thursday that she made whistleblowing claims.

  • April 17, 2025

    Ex-Pandora Boss Sues Trustee Over £3.3M Tax Bill

    The former president of jewelry giant Pandora has sued a tax adviser for allegedly mismanaging his retirement trust and negligently exposing him and the company to significant liabilities and financial loss tied to a €2.2 million ($2.5 million) French property deal.

  • April 17, 2025

    EHRC To Update Legal Guidance After Watershed Sex Ruling

    The equality watchdog is making moves to update legal guidance on single-sex spaces following Wednesday's ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court that the legal definition of sex in anti-discrimination law covers only biological sex amid calls to update critical legislation.

  • April 17, 2025

    Ex-Burberry Designer Can Expand ADHD Discrimination Case

    A Burberry fashion design school graduate who alleged that having meetings in his workplace was disability discrimination because he has ADHD was granted permission on Thursday to expand his case — but only if he provides more details.

  • April 17, 2025

    BoE Insurance Reforms Could Harm Pension Deal Prices

    New freedoms that would allow insurers to invest more easily in a wider range of instruments could lead to reduced pricing for pension funds approaching the bulk purchase annuity market, a broker has said.

  • April 16, 2025

    Top Court's Ruling On Sex Simplifies Duties, But Not Disputes

    The U.K. Supreme Court's ruling that the definition of sex in anti-discrimination law applies only to biological sex simplifies employers' obligations around single-sex spaces and services — but it will further complicate workplace disputes arising from a conflict with transgender rights.

  • April 16, 2025

    NHS To Pay £202K To Nurse Who Developed 'Social Phobia'

    An employment tribunal has ordered a National Health Service hospital to pay £202,449 ($268,062) to a senior nurse after discriminating against him by failing to provide him with equipment and software he needed after a stroke.

  • April 23, 2025

    Fieldfisher Hires Pinsent Masons Labor Chief In Spain

    Fieldfisher LLP has recruited the head of Pinsent Masons LLP's labor team in Spain in a bid to build out its employment practice in the country.

  • April 16, 2025

    Bar Owners Who Tried To Kill Dismissal Case Must Pay Costs

    An employment tribunal has ruled that two companies must pay £8,370 ($11,100) to cover a former staffer's costs on top of her unfair dismissal award, ruling that they should not have tried to get struck off the U.K. company register to kill her case.

  • April 16, 2025

    NHS Practice Manager Gets 7-Year Ban For Pension Failings

    A former practice manager at an NHS surgery who did not pay more than £75,000 ($99,330) into the pension funds of staff has been banned from starting a new company for seven years over the failings, a government agency has said.

  • April 16, 2025

    Ultrasound Tech Wins Claim Redundancy Was Planned

    A tribunal has ruled that a sexual health charity decided in bad faith to dismiss the head of its ultrasound department after her absence with COVID-19 but tossed her allegations that the elimination of her role amounted to disability discrimination.

  • April 16, 2025

    Law Firm Scolded For SRA Threat In Race Discrimination Case

    A law firm made a potentially "intimidating" threat to file a Solicitors Regulation Authority report against a potential witness in a former employee's race discrimination claim, a tribunal has said.

  • April 16, 2025

    Ex-Credit Suisse Consultant Appeals Worker Status Ruling

    A former Credit Suisse consultant won a second shot on Wednesday to bring whistleblowing and racial discrimination claims after a London appeals tribunal gave her permission to challenge a ruling that she was not a worker at the bank.

  • April 16, 2025

    UK Savers Favor 'Cautious Approach' To Pensions Investment

    Almost half of savers in Britain want a cautious approach to investment in pension plans, with just 8% willing to invest in high-risk assets, according to research published on Wednesday by a retirement savings platform.

  • April 16, 2025

    Transgender Women Don't Count As Women Under UK Law

    Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that the definition of a woman in the country's equality law is restricted to biological sex, ruling that it would create an incoherent system of protected characteristics if transgender women were included.

  • April 15, 2025

    Clyde & Co. Must Face Bias Claim From Rejected Applicant

    A woman rejected for training contracts with Clyde & Co. LLP can revive her failed bid to sue the firm for discrimination, a London appeals tribunal ruled Tuesday.

  • April 15, 2025

    Canadian Investigator's UK Employment Claims Dismissed

    An employment tribunal has dismissed a Canadian investigator's claims that a conflict research firm unfairly fired her, ruling that she lacked the necessary U.K. links to benefit from employment protections.

  • April 15, 2025

    Charity Worker Fights To Revive Fraud Whistleblowing Case

    An ex-offender turned charity worker fought on Tuesday to revive his case that a non-profit had him recalled to prison for voicing financial misconduct allegations about the charity's founder, a former Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi lawyer.

  • April 15, 2025

    UK Gender Pensions Gap Widening, PensionBee Finds

    Male customers of PensionBee saved an average of £507 ($671) more in retirement plans than women did in 2024, according to figures published by the retirement savings provider.

  • April 15, 2025

    Schroders Tapped To Manage £2.1B Scottish Friendly Portfolio

    Schroders said Tuesday it has been appointed to manage a £2.1 billion ($2.8 billion) portfolio by life insurance mutual company Scottish Friendly.

  • April 15, 2025

    Fintech Biz Unfairly Fired Underperforming Sales Rep

    A financial technology company unfairly dismissed a struggling sales rep by failing to highlight concerns over his performance until a week after it had already cut him loose, a tribunal has ruled.

  • April 14, 2025

    Ex-Mitie Security Manager Fired Over Use Of CCTV Wins £31K

    An employment tribunal awarded a former Mitie security manager £31,600 ($41,650) after the company fired him following a flawed investigation into his unauthorized use of closed-circuit television without clearly setting out its policy or explaining the alleged data breach.

Expert Analysis

  • Effective Management Of UK Employee Exits

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    This article aims to explain in general terms the protections that apply to employees in the United Kingdom and the choices available to an employer in relation to possible employee terminations — along with the relative risk and costs when deciding how to terminate, says Bettina Bender of CM Murray LLP.

  • Trends For Encouraging Employee Whistleblowing

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    There appears to be little doubt that there is an emerging international consensus that whistleblowing is a legitimate tool for dealing with economic fraud and should be encouraged as one way of stemming such wrongdoing, say Eric A. Savage and Anita S. Vadgama of Littler Mendelson PC.

  • U.S. Incentives, EU Employees And Conflicts Of Law

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    U.S. employers frequently offer senior employees who are based overseas the opportunity to participate in incentive and bonus arrangements that contain provisions protecting the employer’s interests. Any doubt concerning the enforceability of such provisions in the EU now appears to have been resolved in the employees’ favor, say Christopher K. Walter and Mark M. Poerio of Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP.

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