This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) the updated Employment Rights Bill, (2) an employment tribunal decision finding that Addison Lee drivers were workers and holding that the two-year backstop on unlawful deduction claims is unlawful, (3) the Court of Appeal’s declaration that section 4(2)(a) of the State Immunity Act 1978 is incompatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, (4) regulations increasing the annual data protection fees payable to the Information Commissioner, (5) analysis by Katie Farmer of Trowers & Hamlins of an EAT decision that a claim for unpaid holiday pay vests in the claimant’s trustee in bankruptcy, and awarding ‘interest-like’ compensation for the payment delay, (6) the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary guidance on communicating with employment tribunals, (7) new Employment Tribunal Presidential Guidance on taking oral evidence from persons located abroad, (8) the IRLR Highlights for February 2025, (9) dates for your diary, and (10) other news items of interest to employment practitioners.
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