Employers could be liable for a significant compensation award if their refusal to allow a worker to take rest breaks causes personal injury. The EAT has ruled that compensation can be awarded for personal injury suffered as a result of being denied rest breaks as required by the Working Time Regulations, where the denial caused … Read more
Where an employee is a ‘special case’ worker (such as certain rail transport workers) entitled to equivalent compensatory rest rather than the core right to a 20 minute break after 6 hours, that rest need not be an uninterrupted 20 minute break provided it has the same value in terms of contributing to wellbeing. In … Read more
Comments made in an ECJ judgment on a German working time case have raised doubts as to the correctness of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal’s rulings that pay during the 4 weeks EU-derived statutory holiday must include an amount for voluntary overtime (if sufficiently regular and paid over a sufficient period). In Hein v Albert … Read more
On Monday 17 December 2018, the Fair Work Amendment (Casual Loading Offset) Regulations 2018 (Cth) (Amending Regulation) was registered and took effect from 18 December 2018. The Amending Regulation amends the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth). The Amending Regulation is intended to apply where an employee has mistakenly been classified as a casual employee and … Read more
The Government has today published its response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report published in July of this year (see our blog post here) on sexual harassment at work. It has noted the lack of data and research on this issue, as highlighted by the Committee, and therefore, for the most part, its … Read more
The Government has today published its “vision for the future of the UK labour market”, the Good Work Plan, which builds on its earlier response to the Taylor Review (see our summary here) on the impact of digital platforms on modern working practices and the rights of workers. This publication sets out what the Government … Read more
Just in time for your holiday reading, we’ve compiled our Top 10 Trends in employment and industrial relations in Australia for 2018. Click here to review our selection. We’d love to hear your thoughts if you have any comments. Read more
The Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2018 passed both houses of Parliament on Thursday 6 December 2018 and also received royal assent on Tuesday 11 December 2018. The Bill inserts a new entitlement in the National Employment Standards for all national system employees to five days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave … Read more
