Legal lowdown: Vegetarianism not a protected characteristic

An employment tribunal recently dismissed a claim by an employee that he was protected from discrimination or harassment because he was a vegetarian

Legal-ease: Employee loyalty

Can employers demand loyalty from their employees?

Taking the grief out of grievances

It's best to air grievances effectively within the organisation or through external mediation, before they become tribunal cases

Pimlico Plumbers and the gig economy dispute

Charlie Mullins speaks exclusively to HR magazine about his eight-year legal battle, and how he feels about the gig economy

Covert workplace recordings not gross misconduct

Case law has shown judges don't view employees' covert recordings as misconduct. But fostering 'conversational intelligence' in the workplace will help prevent such incidents arising in the first...

MPs renew calls for gagging clause ban

The government must be clearer about use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which are still regularly used to cover up harassment, according to a report by MPs

Disability discrimination claims soar

The number of disability discrimination claims at employment tribunals has risen 37% in the past year, according to law firm Fox & Partners

Lorraine Kelly, HMRC, and the changing definition of self-employed

Lorraine Kelly has hit the headlines with a win against HMRC to the tune of £1.2 million in saved taxes and National Insurance (NI) contributions

What is the online tribunal database and how does it work?

For employers the risk to reputation lies in the database serving as a publicly-available archive of claims brought against them

Legal lowdown: The Natwest vegan-insult employee

It's not clear whether rudeness to customers amounts to gross misconduct

Rare win for employers in employment status case

The latest employment tribunal case involving Olympic athlete Jessica Varnish is perhaps the most high-profile example of an employment status dispute to date