Workplace Law - November 2018

Welcome to another edition of Workplace Law, in these articles we look at the employment tribunal fees, EU workers rights on a no-deal Brexit and the research conducted by ACAS on sexual harassment.

Employment tribunal

It has been a little over a year since the employment tribunal fees were abolished following the Supreme Court judgment, which heavily criticised the fees and decided that they were unlawful.  

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EU workers’ right to work in the UK on a no-deal Brexit

There has been a recent string of vicarious liability cases seemingly increasing the remit for which an employer will be found to be vicariously liable for the actions of its employees. The case of Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Limited is another one of these cases. 

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ACAS research - Sexual Harassment

In 2016, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found that 52% of all women polled in their ‘Still just a bit of banter?’ report had experienced some form of sexual harassment.

This November, ACAS published the results of a YouGov poll which they commissioned in order to review sexual harassment in the 2018 British workplace.

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