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We are delighted to launch a new podcast series: “Employment Espresso Pods” Join Herbert Smith Freehills’ Employment team for a coffee catch up as they discuss current hot topics impacting the employment sphere. In this, first episode, the team looks at returning to work in the UK following the Covid-19 pandemic. They tackle issues including … Read more
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that, where a worker has taken statutory holiday but not been paid, holiday pay claims must be brought within the usual time limits, even where the employer expressly refused to provide paid holiday (on the mistaken basis that the individual did not have worker status). This contrasts with … Read more
Employers cannot get round working time limits by splitting a worker’s work across two or more contracts. The ECJ has ruled that, where a worker has more than one contract with the same employer, the minimum daily rest period (of at least eleven consecutive hours of rest in any twenty-four hour period) applies to those … Read more
Employers who engage workers on standby or on-call shifts will welcome the clarity provided by two recent European Court of Justice rulings. The ECJ has ruled that on-call or standby time should not be viewed as working time under the Working Time Directive (relevant to calculating the maximum working week, rest breaks and rest periods) … Read more
On Friday the Supreme Court upheld the Employment Tribunal’s 2016 ruling in favour of two test claimants that, as Uber drivers, they were ‘limb (b)’ workers entitled to statutory holiday and minimum wage rights for their working time (including all the time spent in the agreed territory, logged into the app and ready and willing … Read more
Last year was full of the unexpected. In this bulletin, our Hong Kong employment team reflects on some key themes that emerged last year and considers how these will keep Hong Kong employers busy in the year ahead. Health and safety As the global pandemic continues, worker health and safety will continue to dictate working … Read more
In this Q and A Session, Herbert Smith Freehills Employment and Incentive specialists from the United States and the United Kingdom forecast the expected developments and pressing risks facing financial sector employers in 2021. Tyler Hendry, David Palmer and Tess Lumsdaine will be hosting a webinar to explore these issues in more detail on February … Read more
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “TCA”) agreed between the UK and the EU on 24 December 2020 opens up the possibility of changes to EU-derived employment law. Last week the Government made clear that it has no current intentions to push through changes in the short term; longer term, the likelihood of changes depends both … Read more
Happy New Year! Hopefully 2021 is a brighter and better one for all. Our first Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives update of 2021 covers: the recent Supreme Court decision in Thailand, that found that forwarding confidential work documents to a personal email account amounted to disclosure, even though there was no evidence that the documents … Read more
