Weekly Issue 617

Protect whistleblowers

A UK charity, Protect, has called on the government to adopt new EU whistleblowing legislation or risk UK whistleblowers being left behind with out-of-date legislation. More …

Personal transfer

Although a dismissal under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 can be fair for economic, technical or organisational reasons, the Court of Appeal held in Hare Wines Ltd v Kaur and anor that there is no category in law whereby it is fair to dismiss an employee for personal reasons relating to a transfer. More …

Trouble brewing

When deciding whether someone is an employee, a worker or self-employed contractor, tribunals have to balance a number of factors which include the extent to which the person is integrated into the business. In Exmoor Ales Ltd and anor v Herriot, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that someone who was paid £1,000 quarterly in return for an “exclusivity arrangement” was an employee. More …