Key employment cases for 2020

Which employment cases will have the biggest impact on HR in 2020? We assess the likely impact on employers of upcoming cases on: the national minimum wage, data protection, age discrimination, collective bargaining, and TUPE. The 2020 cases that we discuss pose the following questions: Are sleep-in care workers entitled to the national minimum wage while asleep? Can an employer be vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee who publishes the personal data of co-employees online? Is a public-sector employer looking to cut costs able to use the "absence of financial means" to justify a discriminatory pay policy? Are employers permitted to make direct pay offers to employees "over the heads of the union" when collective bargaining breaks down? Does TUPE protection extend beyond employees to cover gig economy workers?