Source: http://www.ukemploymenthub.com/author/michellehicks
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 23:00:54+00:00

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On 17 January 2019 the House of Commons' Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee published a Government response to its report on gender pay gap reporting.
In Boxer v. Excel Group Services Ltd ET/3200365/2016, Mr Boxer brought a successful claim against Excel Group Services Ltd (Excel) for one week’s holiday pay. Mr Boxer had been a cycle courier for Excel since September 2013. His contract described him as a “subcontractor” and he was registered as self-employed with HMRC. Excel did not pay Mr Boxer when he took a week’s holiday and so he decided to claim for his holiday pay.
not only was he expected to work and in turn was entitled to expect a steady stream of jobs, he was also expected to stand by between jobs and wait for the next one.
Mr Boxer’s evidence in this case was uncontested as Excel had gone into liquidation. Nonetheless, the case is a further example of a (first instance) claim against a courier company and application of the Court of Appeal decision in Pimlico Plumbers Ltd v. Smith  EWCA Civ 51. To see our previous blog post on Pimlico Plumbers Ltd v. Smith  EWCA Civ 51, please click here.
Has the Court of Justice of the European Union opened the door for employers to discriminate against employees who wear religious dress?
Have the recent Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) cases of C-157/15 Achbita, Centrum voor Gelijkheid van kansen en voor rascismebestrijding v. G4S Secure Solutions and C-188/15 Bougnaoui and Association de défense des droits de l’homme (ADDH) v. Micropole Univers opened the door for employers to discriminate against employees who wear religious dress?
The UK’s mental health is currently under scrutiny with high profile dignitaries, businessmen and organisations all helping to raise awareness of the problems it can cause in the workplace. Many campaigners come from the construction industry – an industry not renowned for its workers’ empathy and compassion. Like diversity in the construction industry, which we commented on last month, mental health has, traditionally, been one of those topics everyone avoids both on and off site. But this is not a new topic for construction: back in 2014, Building considered why talking about mental health is taboo in construction. Building focused on the hidden health and safety risks that mental health problems pose in the workplace which can be just as serious a threat to workers as physical injuries and fatalities.

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