The Government has published a revised draft of its proposed statutory code on dismissal and re-engagement, following consultation on an earlier draft last year.  It now awaits parliamentary approval, and the Government expects to bring it into force ‘later in the Summer’.  The draft has been extensively re-ordered and duplication removed in response to criticism…

Recently, for the first time in Australia, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) revealed the gender pay gaps of nearly 5,000 individual private sector employers in Australia. The WGEA has used that data to publish its Employer Gender Pay Gaps Snapshot.
The data, which covers the Gender Equality Reporting period from 1 April 2022 –…

In a judgment which will be highly persuasive for English tribunals, the Inner House of the Court of Session has overturned a Scottish EAT decision and ruled that it is possible for a settlement agreement to waive future statutory employment rights claims which are unknown to both parties at the time of entering into the…

A tribunal has ruled that the FCA’s refusal of a senior manager’s request to work entirely from home, on the basis that this would have a detrimental impact on the quality and performance of her work (one of the eight acceptable statutory reasons), was not ‘based on incorrect facts’ and so was not in breach…

In welcome news for employers, the EAT has ruled in Sullivan v Isle of White Council that external job applicants cannot bring a whistleblowing detriment claim against a prospective employer (other than the NHS, which is expressly covered to protect patient safety).
The claimant had sought to argue that the European Convention of Human Rights’…

In the third and final part of our look ahead to potential employment law proposals should the Labour Party secure a win at the next General Election, Partner Tim Leaver, together with Consultant Peter Frost and Senior Associate Sian McKinley, continue to explore the key employment-related proposals put forward by the Labour Party in its…

Background:
Amazon France Logistique (“AFL“), a subsidiary of Amazon EU SARL, is responsible for managing Amazon’s large French distribution centres (where parcels are received, stored and prepared for delivery).
Employees in AFL warehouses were required to use individual scanners, which continually collect data on (i) how quickly items are scanned and (ii) how much downtime…