When Sheffield City Council received a collective grievance about pay, it brought in an HR consultant. She wrongly informed staff that they were entitled to a much higher rate. Was the employer bound
by the consultant’s mistake?
Published 26.08.2014
In a recent case, the employer had told a successful job applicant that their starting salary would be £22,427 p.a. However, the formal job offer letter mistakenly stated £30,762 p.a. Which amount
was it legally obliged to pay?
Published 29.01.2013
During the annual staff party a manager had one too many and ended up promising an employee a promotion. Are you contractually bound by what he stated whilst under the influence of alcohol?
Published 09.11.2015
In a recent case, the employer was unable to recover a hefty golden handshake payment due to an oral promise it made before the written contract was signed. But this could all have been avoided; how?
Published 16.01.2013
In a recent case, a tribunal said that an employee who was overpaid by mistake for three years can keep all the money and her erroneous pay rise. So what happened and how did her employer get it so
wrong?
Published 08.07.2009
You’ve entered into a commercial contract with a third party that says “any changes must be agreed in writing”. If an employee verbally agrees to change something later, e.g. payment terms, will it
alter the original contract?
Published 25.01.2017
You asked a female part-timer with children to change her working days although this caused no actual difference to her total working hours. She’s now saying this amounts to sex discrimination. Does
she have a case?
Published 04.11.2009
The Working Time Regulations allow a worker to recover pay in lieu for statutory holiday in their final year of employment. OK - but what if their contractual entitlement just happens to be far more
generous than this?
Published 14.01.2010
An employer who took on an unpaid intern has recently been ordered to pay her £1,024.98 for five weeks’ work. Has this case set a dangerous precedent, or was there something else going on behind the
scenes?
Published 30.08.2011
In a recent case, 100 employees claimed that an announcement made during a staff meeting about bonuses was contractually binding. The High Court agreed with this position. So should you now watch
what you say?
Published 18.06.2012