Category Archives: Employment Law

Exploring The Recent Changes In Bereavement Leave Rights.

Recently, there has been an amendment to the Employments Rights Bill regarding the legal right...

COVID-19 Covered

We’re now, as a nation, getting to grips with COVID-19 and the huge changes we’ve...

An Employee's Return From Maternity Leave Needs Sensitive Handling

Jonathan Leach, Director and Head of Dispute Resolution at Watson Ramsbottom examines a case where...

GDPR – ICO Launches Awareness Campaign for Micro-Businesses

Jonathan Leach, Director and Head of Employment Law at Watson Ramsbottom looks at the imminent...

Shared Parental Leave and Pay

Jonathan Leach, Director and Head of Employment Law at Watson Ramsbottom looks at changes which...

Employment Tribunals Are Not There to Second-Guess Employers

Jonathan Leach, Director and Head of Employment Law at Watson Ramsbottom looks at an interesting...

District Judge Is Not 'a Worker' – Guideline Court of Appeal Ruling

Jonathan Leach, Director and Head of Employment Law at Watson Ramsbottom looks at an interesting...

CJEU Rules in Important Holiday Pay Case

Jonathan Leach, Director and Head of Employment Law at Watson Ramsbottom looks at the decision...

Employees' Annual Leave Entitlement – 2018/2019

The minimum paid annual holiday leave entitlement under the EU Working Time Directive is 20...

What is Early Conciliation?

From May 2014 most employees will only be able to bring an Employment Tribunal Claim...