Weekly Issue 652

Protect workers’ rights

According to a poll by the TUC, most people who voted in the 2019 election want the government to protect and enhance workers’ rights (...).

Covert surveillance

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 Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held that installing covert surveillance did not violate the privacy rights under Article 8 of former employees caught stealing from their employer (...).

Likely to succeed

In order to succeed in an application for interim relief, employees have to show that they are “likely to succeed” in their substantive complaint. The Employment Appeal Tribunal held in Hancock v Ter-Berg and ors that that test applies to “each and every issue” that might be relevant in terms of deciding the claim of unfair dismissal (...).