JOIN ELA

In Morais and ors v Ryanair DAC and anor, the Court of Appeal has held that the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010, which render it unlawful to compile or use a list of persons who have taken part in trade union activities with a view to discriminating against them, confer protection on those who have taken part in industrial action.

The Senior President of Tribunals (SPT) has issued a Practice Statement authorising legal officers to carry out various functions of a judicial nature in the employment tribunals. Among other things, legal officers are authorised to extend or shorten time limits, and consider whether a claim form contains substantive defects that require the claim to be rejected

In British Council v Sellers, the EAT has held that an employment tribunal, when determining whether to make an order for re-engagement following a finding of unfair dismissal, erred in interpreting S.116(3)(c) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as mandating it to consider whether the claimant had caused or contributed to his dismissal.