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Brexit: Employment and Immigration Implications for Business
...employment and immigration-related implications for businesses: Certain employment protections derived from EU law may be rolled-back by the Government, such as TUPE, Agency Worker and Working Time ...
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No Disability Discrimination where Employee made Redundant after Absence for Cancer Treatment
...employment tribunal had been entitled to conclude that his absence was merely the occasion on which his employer was able to identify its ability to manage without him, and was not the cause of his di...
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Exclusive jurisdiction clauses only work for disputes already in existence
...employment contract disputes? For employment contract disputes, an employer can normally only sue an employee in the courts where the employee is domiciled. However, the parties can agree to another ...
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Agency workers: when is a worker supplied temporarily?
...Employment Appeal Tribunal rejects appeal Angard and Royal Mail appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal which agreed with the employment tribunal’s decision. When assessing whether a worker is sup...
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Employment tribunal wrong to strike out menopause disability discrimination claim
...employment tribunal ruled that Ms Rooney was not disabled and dismissed her disability discrimination claim. She appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal which upheld her appeal. Empl...
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Dismissal for raising frivolous and vexatious grievances was fair
...Employment Tribunal was wrong to construe his actions as gross misconduct because they were neither a deliberate breach of contract nor gross negligence. The Employment Appeal Tribunal dis...
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The Legal 500 2024: Doyle Clayton continues to rank highly
...Employment: Senior Executives**London - Employment: Employers*** Employment: Thames Valley
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Failure to Pay Bonus Due to Sickness Record Disability Discrimination
...employment tribunal upheld their claims. The claimants had all received a warning for disability-related absence and this automatically excluded them from the bonus scheme. Non-payment of the bonus ...
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Revised Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures Approved
...Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that an employer cannot restrict an employee's choice of companion. The new Code took effect on 11 March 2015 and can be viewed here. Acas has also updated its non-st...
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What was missing from the Chancellor’s autumn statement?
...Employment status review The Chancellor announced that he is going to take forward the majority of the recommendations made by the Office for Tax Simplification in its review of employment status. T...
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National Living Wage in force from 1 April 2016
National Living Wage in force from 1 April 2016 Draft regulations have been laid before Parliament which will require employers to pay the National Living Wage from 1 April 2016. The National Living...
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Loose Connection Between Conduct and Disability Sufficient for Discrimination Arising from Disability Claim
...employment tribunal rejected his claim, finding that his bad temper was a character trait unrelated to his disability. He appealed. Decision The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld his appeal. Only a lo...
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There are pensions and of course, PENSIONS
There are pensions and of course, PENSIONS What is the impact of the increase to employer contributions for Teachers’ Pension Scheme?The autumn will bring a significant challenge for heads and bu...
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No Duty to Top Up Part-time Earnings During Phased Return to Work
...employment tribunal’s decision that the employer had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments by failing to top up her part-time earnings. The tribunal had failed to recognise that the Trust...
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Employee Lost Right to Claim Constructive Dismissal by Giving Too Much Notice
...employment ended C brought an unfair dismissal claim. His employer sought to strike it out, arguing that C had waived any alleged breach of contract by giving significantly longer notice than required...
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Employee TUPE Transferred Despite Instruction to Remove Him From Contract
...employment had transferred. Saga continued to pay her and eventually made her redundant. She claimed unfair dismissal against Saga and Westminster. The employment tribunal ruled that Ms Jakowlew’s e...
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David Davies and Theresa May: Brexit and employment law
...employment law David Davies has suggested that there may not be significant changes to employment law as a result of Brexit. He said that: “ The great British industrial working classes voted overwh...
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Discrimination: Damages Should be Apportioned
Discrimination: Damages Should be Apportioned In Thaine v London School of Economics, the EAT has confirmed that when an employee's psychiatric injury has been caused by a number of factors, includin...
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Shared Parental Leave and Pay: Employers’ Technical Guide Published
Shared Parental Leave and Pay: Employers’ Technical Guide Published The Government has published a technical guide to shared parental leave and pay which is aimed at employers. The guidance contains:...
Online isolation notes now available
Online isolation notes now available The government has launched new online isolation notes for employees to provide to their employer as evidence they have been advised to self-isolate due to coronav...