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Employment law brief: 10 November 2023

10 November 2023 / Ian Smith
Issue: 8048 / Categories: Features , Employment
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Ian Smith unpacks Agnew…the long awaited decision of the Supreme Court claiming unpaid holiday pay from yesteryears
  • Holiday pay; meaning of a ‘series’ of deductions.
  • Bonus claw back clause not an unlawful restraint.
  • An odd form of restraint on an employee.

The main development in the last month has been the awaited decision of the Supreme Court in Agnew’s case on the ability to claim unpaid holiday pay for a period into the past, as part of a ‘series’ of such failures. It is suggested that one subsidiary aspect of the decision may indirectly open up such backdating even further. The other two cases considered here concern some fundamental issues in the law of restraint of trade in the employment context.

Meaning of a ‘series’ of deductions

Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew [2023] UKSC 33, [2023] All ER (D) 14 (Oct) is the awaited decision of the Supreme Court (given jointly by Lord Kitchin and Lady Rose) on appeal from the Court

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NEWS
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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