Stella English, self proclaimed ‘lackey’ lost her claim for constructive dismissal against Lord Sugar last month. After initially working for Viglen, she left because she was unhappy and was moved to another company, YouView. Lord Sugar had become non Executive Chairman of this company. Three months later however, she resigned, alleging that her employer had […]

The purpose of any disciplinary procedure is to help and encourage all employees to accomplish and sustain standards of conduct, attendance and job performance.  It is this area of law that employers often require the most advice on. Fairness of an Old Warning  An interesting question has recently been raised in case law on this […]

The end of season is closing in on the beautiful game and the Football League crescendo has never been as tense as this. We take a look at the mixed fortunes of some of the Yorkshire Clubs in the mix. As our sports consultant John Hendrie says in a recent Yorkshire Post article, it has […]

Winner of the 2010 Apprentice series , Stella English, is claiming constructive dismissal after complaining colleagues at one of Lord Sugar’s companies (Viglen) ‘ostracised’ her. She alleges she was seen as nothing more than an ‘over-paid lackey’ and branded the job a ‘sham’, with none of the mentorship and care from Lord Sugar she believed […]

The Government has confirmed the level of fees for bringing employment tribunal claims which are to be implemented this summer. The fees are slightly lower than initially proposed, but nonetheless they represent a significant departure from the existing system which allows a claim to be made free of charge. The Government’s intention is to encourage […]

A new flat-rate state pension to be paid to new pensioners reaching state pension age from the estimated date of 6th April 2017 was outlined by the Government yesterday. David Cameron spoke of his aim to simplify the system by merging the state second pension with the basic state pension in order to create one […]

I commented on George Osborne’s plans for a new type of “employment contract” on 10 October 2012. Since the proposal for this came to light the reviews have been mixed.  In fact, it would be fair to say that the response has been rather unenthusiastic. It is notable that 92% of respondents surveyed in the […]

“Get shares and become owners of the company you work for. Owners, workers and the taxman, all in it together” George Osborne optimistically declared. The Issue Earlier this week the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced the introduction of a new type of employment contract that could potentially alter the legal landscape for employers […]

From 1 October 2011, a new set of Regulations will provide equal treatment for agency workers in respect of their fundamental working conditions, in comparison with permanent employees. Once the agency worker completes a 12-week qualifying period, he or she will be on a par with a comparator (the permanent employee) as if they had […]