Legal news: Employment update

Helen Roberts rounds up recent case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers ‘The ECJ has confirmed that pregnant workers do not have specific protection from dismissal in a collective redundancy situation.’ Consultation on parental bereavement leave Although many employers already grant paid leave to employees coping with the death of a child, there …
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The Year Ahead: What to expect in 2018

Matthew Towers and Emily Skinner outline the key developments that employers and their advisers should prepare for in the next 12 months ‘The Conservative manifesto and the Queen’s Speech made a clear commitment to act after the Taylor review to ensure that people working in the gig economy are protected. What form that action will …
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Legal News: Employment update

Jo Broadbent rounds up the latest case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers ‘If the ECJ follows the advocate general’s opinion, pregnant employees and those on maternity leave may be entitled to more protection against dismissal in a redundancy situation.’ Indicating when industrial action will take place A recent High Court decision, Thomas …
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