Alan L. Bogg

Oct 4, 2024 | ier.org.uk | Alan L. Bogg |Nicola Countouris |European Law |Ruth Ellen Dukes

In the week before the Labour Party conference 2024, media reporting showed a deep confusion about Day One Rights and Probationary Periods. Business had been lobbying for new workers to be put on long periods of probation before they became permanent. The suggestion was that this would water down the commitment to Day One Rights. The Government did agree to a six-month maximum period of probation.

Sep 10, 2024 | ier.org.uk | Nicola Countouris |European Law |Alan L. Bogg |Ruth Ellen Dukes

In this series of blogposts the Institute of Employment Rights explores various policy dimensions associated with the delivery of Labour’s reform agenda in the domain of workers rights.

May 10, 2024 | ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk | Alan L. Bogg

Individual strikers are protected from dismissal where they are dismissed for participating in ‘protected’ (i.e lawful and official) industrial action, under s. 238A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA). However, there are many ways in which employers can penalise individual strikers other than through dismissal, such as through demotion, suspension, fines, disciplinary warnings, and disproportionate pay deductions.

May 10, 2024 | ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk | Alan L. Bogg

The first part of this blog outlined the facts and decision in the Supreme Court case, Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer, as well as the approach the Court took in distinguishing between private sector and public sector employment. The second part of this blog considers the approach of the Supreme Court in distinguishing between the ‘core’ and ‘essential’ in respect of trade union rights.

Dec 5, 2023 | ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk | Alan L. Bogg

Last week’s ruling in Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee came as a great surprise to many employment lawyers: the Supreme Court unanimously held that Deliveroo Riders are not in an ‘employment relationship’ for the purposes of basic trade union rights under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).