Date 20 September 2011
Welcome to the latest edition of the Employment Stay Alert!
In this edition:
I explore whether the door is now open for claims to be brought out of time in the Employment Tribunal.
Chris Cook discusses whether employees have a right to legal representation at Disciplinary hearings.
Alexis Asher provides an update on the forthcoming Agency Worker Regulations, and the facts you need to know.
Also featured in this Stay Alert! are our free Autumn workshop dates which will ensure you are up to speed on Employment matters.
And if that's not enough, meet Barrister Satinder Gill in our new regular question and answer session.
If you have any questions or comments on any of the articles in this Stay Alert! please e-mail me vanessa.james@salaw.com or call your usual SA Law contact. Please also feel free to forward this Stay Alert! to any of your colleagues or contacts who may be interested in it.
Kind regards,
Vanessa James
Partner
Head of Employment Department
Unfair Dismissal Claims: Deadline Disaster?
There will no doubt currently be some significant eyebrow raising amongst employers stemming from a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case, which appears to have thrown the door open to claimants to make presentation of complaints to employment tribunals outside of the specified 3 month time limit.
Employers should certainly familiarise themselves with the decision of the EAT as it may be that the 3 month deadline for unfair dismissal claims will no longer be as rigorously observed as it once was…
Click here to read the full article.
Human Rights: A Right to be Represented at Disciplinary Hearings
The Supreme Court has this year considered an appeal relating to Article 6 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its impact on the right to receive legal representation at disciplinary hearings. The Court overturned the decision of both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, finding that in the current case Article 6 did not apply to the proceedings in issue.
Click here to read the full article.
Agency Worker Regulations
The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 are due to come into force on 1 October 2011.
Employers need to be aware of the changes these Regulations bring, if running an employment agency or using agency workers as a hirer.
Click here to read the full article discussing the main impact of the Regulations.
Free Autumn Workshops
Agency Worker Regulations
'Temporary (Agency) Workers Equal Treatment'
Join us at one of our free interactive workshops and learn how your business can prepare for the forthcoming changes to Agency Worker Regulations.
For HR Professionals
Dates: 28th September or 6th October
Time: 4.00-600pm
Where: SA Law, 60 London Road, St Albans, AL1 1NG
Date: 19th October
Time: 3.00-5.00pm
Where: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL
For Recruitment Agencies
Dates: 12th October or 1st November
Time: 4.00-6.00pm
Where: SA Law, 60 London Road, St Albans, AL1 1NG
Click here for further information or to book a place to attend.
Meet the Team
As part of our new regular feature, we introduce you to Employed Barrister Satinder Gill.
Click here to find out more about Satinder.