A company in Gwent has been fined after workers were exposed to the risk of developing Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Continue reading →

The debate about zero hours contracts has very much focused on the perceived lack of protection they provide to workers. However, as a case concerning a student who worked part time in a restaurant shows, they do not necessarily work in the employer’s favour either (Rice Shack Limited v Obi). Continue reading →

In a case concerning ownership of intellectual property (Sprint Electric Limited v Buyer’s Dream Limited), although neither of the parties called into question the description of the employment relationship between them, the High Court found that ‘where…the Court has concerns that the labels that the parties have chosen to apply to their relationship are untrue or inaccurate, and have been applied as a device to avoid the payment of taxes that are properly due, the Court can and should consider the issue of its own motion’. Continue reading →