Mark Taylor

Coalition Government Announces Employment Law Reforms
Mark Taylor, January 5, 2012
Following weeks of wrangling in the coalition over the extent to which workers' rights are blocking job creation Vince Cable has announced "the most radical shake-up of employment law in decades".

Court Of Appeal Finds Employer Cannot Be Vicariously Liable For Employees' Treatment of a Whistleblower and Rules on Causation in Whistleblowing Cases
Mark Taylor, January 5, 2012
The claimants expressed concerns to their manager about a colleague who they believed was exaggerating his qualifications. Relationships within the workplace subsequently broke down and the employer redeployed the claimants. The claimants brought claims in an employment tribunal that they had been...

EAT Considers Whether Post-Transfer Changes to Terms Were Connected To the Transfer for the Purposes of TUPE
Mark Taylor, January 5, 2012
The claimants transferred to the employer under TUPE on 24 April 2009. In January 2009 the employer had reviewed the terms of its employees and proposed the introduction of performance-related pay and alternative hours. Following consultation, the changes were agreed and productivity improved as a...