Tom Street

Tom Street qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and has over 20 years experience in employment and litigation law. He studied law at the University of Manchester before undertaking the legal practice course at the College of Law in Guildford, going on to complete his legal training at a firm in Chancery Lane, London. Once fully qualified, he moved to a niche litigation practice in the City of London. In 2010, Tom set up his own legal practice, Tom Street & Co Solicitors and as part of this, in accordance with his strongly held objective to provide everyone with an easy pathway to justice he established the online portals Do I Have A Case? and Tribunal Claim. These websites are trading names of Tom Street & Co Solicitors.

What are my statutory rights at work?

August 2, 2023May 25, 2017 by Tom Street

Statutory rights are the basic rights that almost all workers and employees are entitled to. There are some exceptions, but generally, all employers must abide by them and they give the worker legal entitlement. The statutory rights are as follows: the right to be paid the minimum wage or the national living wage (if over … Read more

CCTV at work: What are the legalities?

September 17, 2019January 31, 2017 by Tom Street

What are the legal implications of using CCTV in the workplace? According to recent research, the average person is estimated to be caught on CCTV surveillance systems up to 70 times per day. This can be far higher for those living in the capital. A fair chunk of this footage is usually caught at a … Read more

Redundancy could be banned to new mothers

February 2, 2021January 31, 2017 by Tom Street

A recent report by the Women and Equalities Committee, is calling for better protection from discrimination for new mothers. If new proposals go ahead, pregnant women and new mothers may be given better protection from redundancy at work. Following a report published by the Women and Equalities Committee, earlier this year, a redundancy ban for … Read more

UK Employment Law for Overseas Workers

June 9, 2021November 23, 2016 by Tom Street

Do UK Employment Tribunals have the jurisdiction to hear claims from overseas workers working for a British company? In the United Kingdom, workers seeking to enforce their employment rights are entitled to take their employers to employment tribunals. Some workers find it difficult to prove that they are entitled to bring their claims to British employment … Read more

Why are Constructive Dismissal Claims Notoriously Difficult to Win?

September 17, 2019October 4, 2016 by Tom Street

Constructive dismissal is a resignation which is deemed a dismissal. In other words, an employee’s position becomes so untenable because of the serious conduct of the employer that the contract between them necessarily comes to an end. Section 95(1)(c) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 Section describes the circumstances in which a resignation will amount … Read more

Equal Pay – Do Women Ask?

August 2, 2023September 26, 2016 by Tom Street

September 2016 has seen the publication of a research paper by Warwick University entitled “Do Women Ask?” It attempts to explore one of the possible explanations for the failure of the gender pay gap to disappear or even narrow despite 40 years having passed since the Equal Pay Act hit the statute books. It considers … Read more

What are my rights if my employer does not pay me the correct salary?

September 17, 2019September 23, 2016 by Tom Street

If you are not paid correctly then you may be entitled to make a claim for unlawful deductions from wages. Unlawful deduction claims can be used to claim for all types of pay including: Notice pay; Unpaid overtime; Contractual bonuses; Redundancy pay; When can my employer make deductions from my pay? There are only three … Read more

Sevacare sued by care workers over minimum wage

February 2, 2021September 14, 2016 by Tom Street

Council contractor, Sevacare, is being sued in the employment tribunal over the failure to pay its care workers minimum wage. Employees working for Sevacare, in Haringey, are claiming that they should also be paid for the hours that the company deem as off duty, bringing their hourly rate down to £3.27 per hour, less than half the legal … Read more

Leading businesses join together to fight pregnancy discrimination

August 2, 2023September 14, 2016 by Tom Street

Several of the UK’s largest firms have joined forces to stand up and fight against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. Companies, including BT Group and the Royal Mail, are among several companies who strongly believe that pregnancy discrimination at work should be eradicated. According to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the … Read more

TUPE Regulations

June 9, 2021September 12, 2016 by Tom Street

TUPE Regulations 2006 The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE Regulations”) are designed to ensure that the following three things happen when there is a transfer in the ownership of a business: That employees main terms and conditions of employment are maintained following transfer of ownership of a business; That employees are … Read more

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