InsightsPosts By 'Sarah Lee'

2nd July 2019

The case of Kostal UK Limited v Dunkley & others has been heard in the Court of Appeal – and provides welcome news to employers where unions are recognised for collective bargaining purposes.

2nd April 2019

This month, a number of changes will be implemented which affect the employer-employee relationship. Sarah Lee summarises the changes below to make sure that no-one gets caught out.

5th March 2019

In this month’s article Sarah Lee looks at the tricky issue of when an employee’s disability is classed as long term for the purposes of bringing a disability discrimination claim.

6th November 2018

Morrisons has recently lost its appeal against the High Court’s decision that it was vicariously liable for a data breach by a disgruntled employee and is now set to take this to the Supreme Court. Sarah Lee explores why the courts have found against Morrisons and what you should do to protect yourself against similar risks.

3rd July 2018

In this article, Sarah Lee considers a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case on right to work, which decided that failing to offer an appeal to an employee who had been dismissed for not providing evidence of right to work was unfair. Sarah explains some key points from this case and refreshes your memory on how to approach right to work checks to avoid falling foul of employment law.

18th May 2018

As the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) comes into force on 25 May 2018, you only have one week to get your house in order. Although the ICO has dispelled some of the media scare-mongering about huge fines, they have also made clear that there will be no grace period. They expect compliance from day one. So if you are not yet ready for the GDPR, what do you need to do now?