Weekly Issue 653

NMW enforcement

According to research published by the Resolution Foundation, an independent think tank, the minimum wage needs to be enforced more rigorously in order to reduce rising levels of underpayment by employers (...).

Right evidence

The law says that an employee who has the right to work in the UK because they are married to a national from the European Economic Area does not have to produce evidence of it. In Badara v Pulse Healthcare Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal confirmed that the tribunal was wrong to conclude that a claimant with the right to work under the relevant legislation could be required by his employer to produce evidence of it before allowing him to work (...).

Equal detriment

Although employers can retract a dismissal notice and reinstate an employee, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has held in Jakkhu v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd that even if it is reversed, the dismissal can still give rise to a detriment under the Equality Act (...).