The government has launched a £1.5 million fund offering grants to projects that help people who want to return to work after a long break (typically two years or more) for caring or other reasons. Not surprisingly, perhaps, 90 per cent of these returners are women (…).
The Working Time Regulations (WTR) 1998 state that if a worker is not able to take the 20-minute rest break to which they are entitled after working six hours, they should be allowed a period of “compensatory rest”. In Crawford v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a compensatory rest break must entail a break from work and be at least 20 minutes. Thompsons was instructed by the RMT to act on behalf of their member (…).
Under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, individuals have the right to respect for their private life. In López Ribalda and ors v Spain, the European Court of Human Rights (ECrtHR) held that by installing covert surveillance in the workplace, the employer had breached the rights of their former employees under Article 8 (…).