Issue 684

Minimising redundancies

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has issued advice to employers considering making redundancies after experiencing a record increase in calls to its helpline (...).

Last in a series

When claiming constructive unfair dismissal, claimants have to show that they resigned in response to a fundamental breach of contract which may be the last in a series of less serious acts. In Williams v Alderman Davies Church in Wales Primary School, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that even if the last act was “innocuous”, the employee may still have the right to resign in response to it (...).

Putting the boot in

Courts use a number of tests when deciding the employment status of an individual, including mutuality of obligation and the degree of control that the employer has over them. In Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, the Upper Tax Tribunal held that part-time football referees were not employees (...).