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To have a very Merry Christmas there are several factors that employers should be aware of when arranging their Christmas party.

We are regularly contacted by employees who have been mistreated at work and who tell us they are being ‘discriminated’ against. Discrimination is the practice of treating a person, or a group of people less fairly than other groups of people. In an employment law context, it will be necessary for the individual to identify a relevant ‘protected characteristic’ if they wish to bring a claim in the Employment Tribunal for discrimination. The Equality Act 2010 identifies the following protected characteristics: - 

For claims presented for discrimination, harassment, victimisation and detriment in protected disclosure (“whistleblowing”) claims, employees can claim compensation for ‘injury to feelings’. 

National Minimum Wage Increase – What Employers Need to Know  

Further to our 2024 update we now look ahead to the changes on the horizon in employment law for 2025. 

In the case of Gallagher v McKinnon's Auto and Tyres Limited the Employment Appeal Tribunal needed to decide whether the Employment Tribunal at a preliminary hearing had been correct in deciding that the pre-termination discussions, purported to be a ‘Protected Conversation’ in accordance with s.111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996, were inadmissible in the Claimant’s claim for unfair dismissal.