Articles by ‘Malcolm Gregory’

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond recently appeared to reject suggestions that the UK might be seeking opt-outs from the EU’s employment laws.

An Employment Tribunal has awarded £30,000 to an employee at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) after ruling that she had been unfairly dismissed.

Businesses with HR teams will often lean heavily on HR to assist during a disciplinary process; that’s HR’s job, right? Not necessarily.

In a recent case there was an analysis on what is ‘fair’ for HR to do or say in a disciplinary process. In particular, to what extent can HR advise or influence the recommendation of an investigating officer or disciplinary chair?

In The Case of: DENISE ROYLE (Claimant) v CALL CENTRES R US LTD (Respondent) WITNESS SUMMONS You are summoned to attend the hearing of this case at The Old Court Room on Wednesday, 2nd December…

Europe’s highest court has ruled that time spent by a worker without a fixed place of work in travelling between their home and the first and last work assignments should be counted as ‘working time’ for the purpose of protecting workers’ safety. 

Royds welcomed the news that its Employment team has been recognised in the Legal 500 2015, the independent guide to the best law firms in the UK.  Royds has been recognised for its excellence…

Perhaps naively, it’s with a heavy heart that we’re reporting on this legislation. With increasing awareness and news reporting on issues of poor treatment, unsafe practices and exploitation of workers in supply chains, and the reputational damage that can result, there is an increasing onus on companies carrying out business in the UK to show that they are acting ethically and with integrity.

Ministers are facing increasing calls to change employment laws to address the fact that a growing number of workers are now doing night shifts.

Data released earlier this month has prompted fresh debate about the use of zero-hours contracts in the workplace.

City-based solicitors Royds this week welcomed the news that its Employment team has been recognised in the Legal 500 2015, the independent guide to the best law firms in the UK.

Nine-to-five is not nearly as common as it used to be. More than 3.5 million people in the UK now work shifts and an increasing number of these are required to do night work.

You will recall July’s Emergency Budget in which the Chancellor’s announcement of a National Living Wage stole the headlines, and appeared to trump the other main parties’ own manifesto commitments. What will the National Living Wage mean for employers?