Insight: UK Employment Law Round-up – December 2016

By Sarah Beeby
December 23, 2016
Employment Round Up THUMBNAIL Welcome to the December edition of our employment law round-up. In this edition, we couldn’t fail to give you an update on the most important piece of constitutional litigation of our time, which has been heard by the Supreme Court on Article 50. Other festive treats include a summary of recent restrictive covenants cases (first published on HR-Inform) and unfair dismissal litigation. We have also given you our take on calculating rest breaks for workers, and the dangers of using employees’ personal data unlawfully.
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Sarah Beeby

About Sarah Beeby

Sarah is a partner and head of the Firm's tier one ranked People, Reward and Mobility practice in Milton Keynes. A very experienced employment lawyer, she undertakes a full range of employment work for a wide variety of clients in the private and public sectors, including many leading companies and household names. Sarah's work includes advising on large-scale redundancy and restructuring exercises, TUPE transfers and complex outsourcing arrangements, as well as advising on the employment aspects of large corporate transactions, having worked on numerous multi-million pound transactions for an impressive portfolio of clients.

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