UK Employment Appeal Tribunal Upholds Jurisdiction Over CNN Journalist’s Claims
Cable News International Inc v Saima Bhatti [2025] EAT 63 On 6 May 2025, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the decision allowing journalist Saima Mohsin (legal name: Saima Bhatti) to pursue claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination, and equal pay in the UK against CNN’s international arm, despite her employment contract being governed by US […]
Recent Changes in Employment Law 2025
As we start the new year, the following is a round up of the key recent changes in employment law for employers, as well as a reminder of important upcoming changes. UK Minimum Wage to increase in April 2025 Each year, the government sets minimum wage rates based on the recommendations of the […]
National Living Wage Increasing in April 2024
The Chancellor has announced a rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) to over £11 an hour from April 2024, up from £10.42 an hour for the current financial year 2023/2024. The rise takes the NLW to two-thirds of average earnings and would mean the annual earnings of a full-time worker on the National Living […]
Statutory employment payments 2023-2024
Statutory employment payments 2023-2024 Employers must ensure they are paying the correct rates for statutory employment payments, and take action to review and update policies and documents to reflect changes in the prevailing rates. Statutory sick pay (SSP) From April 2022, statutory sick pay is set at £99.35 per week. From 2 April 2023, SSP […]
Minimum Wage Rates & Other Statutory Payments 2022-2023
Changes have now taken effect relating to statutory employment payments. Employers must ensure they have taken action to ensure compliance, including reviewing and updating policies and documents, and adjusting statutory employment payments in line with the new applicable rates. Increase in statutory sick pay The weekly rate of statutory sick pay has increased from £96.35 […]
Employment case law update February 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Employment status & holiday pay entitlement Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd In Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd, the Court of Appeal considered the impact of worker status on holiday carry over entitlement. The […]
Employment case law update December 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Mandatory COVID vaccination & fair dismissal Ms C Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Limited This is an unfair and wrongful dismissal claim arising from the summary dismissal of the claimant, Ms C […]
Employment case law update November 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Wrongful dismissal Hovis Limited v Louton The claimant, Mr Louton, worked for Hovis as a delivery lorry driver. It was reported by one of the company’s managers (Mr Sittre) that he and his […]
Employment case law update October 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Unfair dismissal Mrs A Rodin v Dhillons Management Services Limited The claimant was employed by DMS1, an HR supplier now known as Dhillons Management Services. It was unclear when her employment with the […]
Employment case law update September 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Furlough & unfair redundancy dismissal Mhindurwa v Lovingangels Care The employee was a live-in care assistant for a sole elderly client. During the first lockdown in 2020, the client moved to live in […]
