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In a recent case, "McCann v. Clydebank College", the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided that, where the employee cannot do their main job because of illness, the default position is that he may not partake in paid work for another employer.

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills and the Department for Work and Pensions have recently launched a consultation document which proposes that an employer's current ability to compulsorily retire employees at age 65 be phased out.

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has ruled in the case of "Stringer and ors v HMRC" concerning entitlement to accrue paid annual leave during long-term sick leave.

Where a participating employer departs from a multi-employer defined benefit scheme with active members, in terms of Section 75 Pensions Act 1995 and the Occupational Pension Scheme (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005 (the "Employer Debt Regulations"), an employment-cessation event will normally occur.

On 21 June 2012 Stephen Miller gave evidence to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee considering the provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.

On 21 June 2012 Stephen Miller gave evidence to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee considering the provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (as amended) came into force on 1 October 2011.

The Equality Act 2010 ('the Act') consolidates anti-discrimination legislation into one document. Its purpose is to 'rationalise' and 'strengthen' existing equality legislation which it aims to do by creating 9 "protected characteristics":

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has just published its decision in the case of Whittlestone v BJP Home Support Ltd, which says that employees who are required to "sleep over" at a specified location in the course of their work are entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage ("NMW") for those hours, regardless of whether their sleep is interrupted.

With unpredictable, cold weather at this time of year, employers who require staff to go out on the streets should be aware of the Supreme Court decision issued on 10 February 2016, in the case of Kennedy v Cordia (Services).

Pensions have been in the news again this week, following the replacement of the UK's longest serving Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, with the equally respected pensions campaigner and industry expert, Ros Altmann.

The unfolding of the events at the Grangemouth oil refinery has been watched with interest by many in Scotland and further afield. Ineos (the plant's operator) has come under fire for threatening employees' jobs if they do not accept a new package of terms and conditions.

The Court of Appeal issued its long-awaited Judgment in the case of Key2Law (Surrey) LLP -v- De' Antiquis, confirming that businesses which are in administration are not exempted from TUPE.

The Enterprise Act 2016 became law this month. It aims to promote enterprise and economic growth and covers a wide range of topics.

Here is a quick reminder of key employment law changes which come into effect on 1st October 2009.

As an employer, you accept that you bear the responsibility for the actions of your employees in the course of their employment.

The UK as a whole (Scotland in particular) has set itself stiff targets as regards renewable energy, but there is no point in generating additional electricity supply if the generators do not have the ability to transmit that supply to the UK grid.

This will depend on the appetite of the developers to expend further money on pursuing applications and on their ability to overcome the criticisms made by the judge.