Employment UK

  • October 24, 2024

    Tribunals Increasingly Using WhatsApp Evidence, Study Finds

    The number of employment tribunals using WhatsApp messages as evidence nearly trebled between 2019 and 2023 to reach 427 hearings, a law firm's study revealed Thursday.

  • October 24, 2024

    Brits Missing Over £31B In Unclaimed Pension Pots, ABI Says

    The Association of British Insurers urged Britons on Thursday to trace their pension funds ahead of this Sunday's National Pension Tracing Day as almost 3.3 million pension pots totaling £31.1 billion are still unclaimed, inactive or considered lost.

  • October 23, 2024

    Carnival Wins Redo Of Axed Staffer's Maternity Bias Case

    Cruise operator Carnival has won the chance to reargue a former staffer's claim that it unfairly made her redundant while she was on maternity leave, convincing an appeals tribunal that an earlier judge wrongly held that there were suitable alternative roles.

  • October 23, 2024

    British Actuary Claims Regulator Favors Indian Nationals

    A British actuary told an appeals court Wednesday that the public body for the profession in the U.K. racially discriminated against him by providing more favorable arrangements to Indian nationals.

  • October 23, 2024

    Driver On Gett App Was Self-Employed, Appeals Court Rules

    An appellate judge has refused to grant a black-cab driver the worker status that Uber drivers have won, ruling that his circumstances were different as he ferried hundreds of passengers hailing rides through the Gett app.

  • October 23, 2024

    Gov't To Prioritize Own Dashboard Before Commercial Models

    The U.K. government has said it will prioritize the launch of its own pensions dashboards service ahead of other commercial models involved in the program intended to connect savers with lost retirement pots.

  • October 23, 2024

    Aviva Deal 'Rescues' Pension Plan From Lifeboat Scheme

    Pensions consultant BESTrustees said it has managed to secure the benefits for 59 members of a client that went under liquidation almost a decade ago in a £6 million ($7.7 million) deal with insurance heavyweight Aviva.

  • October 23, 2024

    Aegon Calls For 'Cool Heads' Ahead Of Autumn Budget

    Dutch life insurance giant Aegon Ltd. called on Wednesday for "cool heads" in the lead-up to the autumn budget, urging caution from both the sector and savers against acting recklessly on rumors surrounding changes to pension rules.

  • October 22, 2024

    Financial Ombudsman Beats Ex-Staffer's Whistleblowing Case

    The Financial Ombudsman Service has defeated a former employee's claim that it did not offer him a new role due to his alleged whistleblowing, convincing a tribunal in a ruling released Tuesday that his emails were not protected disclosures.

  • October 22, 2024

    Commerzbank Urges Contempt Case Over False Assault Claim

    Commerzbank AG asked a London court in a hearing Tuesday to allow it to bring contempt of court proceedings against a former employee who made false sexual assault allegations against a colleague as part of his failed harassment case against the bank.

  • October 22, 2024

    Tribunal Judge Reprimanded For 17-Month Delay In Decision

    The U.K.'s judicial conduct watchdog said Tuesday that it had issued formal advice to a tribunal judge after a member of the public complained that she had taken more than a year to deliver a judgment.

  • October 22, 2024

    Director Imprisoned For Concealing £220K Tax Debt

    The former director of a wholesale company has been jailed for 10 months after failing to deliver accounting records when his business went into liquidation owing more than £220,000 ($290,000), the Insolvency Service announced Tuesday.

  • October 22, 2024

    Reforms Set To Foist 15% More Cases On Struggling Tribunals

    Even though the U.K. government expects its proposed employment rights law to lead to a 15% rise in cases, it hasn't committed any additional funding for employment tribunals to handle such an increase, which would present an existential threat to the beleaguered system.

  • October 22, 2024

    Pensions Watchdog Urges Industry To Embrace New Tech

    The Pensions Regulator published its digital, data and technology strategy for 2025 on Tuesday with the intent to modernize its operations and encourage similar changes within the pensions industry, including reducing administrative burdens for pension schemes and improving competition.

  • October 22, 2024

    Charity Trustee Gets 2nd Shot At Whistleblowing Claim

    An appellate judge has given the former president-elect of the British Psychological Society a second chance to prove he can pursue a whistleblowing detriment claim in a ruling that could pave the way for wider whistleblowing protections for charity trustees.

  • October 21, 2024

    Former Unite Official Loses Tribunal Claim Amid Fraud Probe

    A tribunal has concluded that a former legal chief at Unite the Union did not face a "baseless" disciplinary investigation in connection with a police raid over a £112 million ($145 million) construction project that has since been referred to the Serious Fraud Office.

  • October 21, 2024

    UK Defends Employment Rights Bill's £7.4B Cost To Business

    The U.K. government defended its Employment Rights Bill as "pro-worker, pro-business and pro-growth" on Monday after it revealed that the landmark legislation is forecast to cost businesses £7.4 billion ($9.6 billion) over the next decade.

  • October 21, 2024

    Howard Kennedy LLP Ex-Partner Can't Claim £176K

    An employment tribunal has dismissed a former partner's claims that Howard Kennedy LLP owed him £176,725 ($230,238) in unpaid wages because he wasn't entitled to employment law protections.

  • October 21, 2024

    Campaigners To Submit Whistleblowing Protections Bill

    Campaigners announced plans Monday to submit a new bill before Parliament that would establish a new government office to crack down on retaliation against whistleblowers who reveal fraud, corruption and misconduct.

  • October 21, 2024

    Exec Proves Co-Director Harassed Her For Blocking Advances

    A recruitment company director harassed a fellow executive by pushing her out of the business after she rejected his sexual advances following a pub crawl, a tribunal has ruled.

  • October 21, 2024

    Gov't Urged To Reform Pension Lifeboat Levy Rules

    The government should bring forward legislation to change how Britain's Pension Protection Fund sets its annual levy, a trade body warned Monday, after the lifeboat scheme announced a £100 million ($130 million) charge on the sector for the coming year.

  • October 21, 2024

    Medic Wins £6K Over Manager's Offer To Get Her Pregnant

    An ambulance medic whose manager asked her if she wanted help getting pregnant has won £6,000 ($7808) in her discrimination claim after a tribunal found her employer failed to take her allegations seriously.

  • October 18, 2024

    Gov't Warned Over Axing National Insurance Pension Relief

    Slashing the tax relief on pension contributions paid by employers could cost businesses nearly £500 ($653) per worker and reduce future retirement savings pots at a time of growing concern that Britons aren't saving enough for later life, Hymans Robertson said Friday.

  • October 18, 2024

    Solicitor Must Pay For Suing Barrister Repping Ex-Firm

    An employment tribunal ordered a solicitor to pay £3,000 ($3,914) to cover costs that his old law firm and its barrister incurred while fighting claims of victimization that the court had no jurisdiction to hear.

  • October 18, 2024

    Ofsted Unfairly Fired Inspector For Touching Child's Head

    England's education and childcare regulator unfairly dismissed one of its inspectors for brushing rain from a student's forehead, a London appeals court has ruled.

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