In the recent case of UQ v Marclean Technologies S.L.U., the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) considered the reference period that should be used to determine whether the threshold has been reached to trigger the obligations for collective consultation under the EU Collective Redundancies Directive (the “Directive”), which is implemented in
As everyone is aware, there has been and continues to be a line of “Gig economy” cases where the question is whether an individual is engaged as a worker or on a self-employed basis. One such line of cases has related to courier firms, including CitySprint. In 2017, CitySprint lost a claim brought by one
The Supreme Court is set to be busy with employment law cases in 2020. Below, we take a look at some of the most important cases coming up this year and why they are significant.
Various claimants v Wm Morrisons Supermarket
In this case, which is the first group litigation to be brought in the