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Government Sets Out Legislative Programme in Queen’s Speech
...Employment and Welfare Benefits Bill which is intended to help achieve full employment. Measures include: Freezing the main rates of the majority of working-age benefits, tax credits and child benefi...
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Mike Hibberd
...Employment contracts and handbooks - While employment contracts are a legal requirement for employers to provide to employees, for all organisations, having policies and handbooks in place i...
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Peter Doyle
...Employment law since 1990 Professional memberships Employment Lawyers Association Association of Partnership Practitioners
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Peter De Maria
...employment and partnership law. He is regularly involved in reputationally sensitive and high value employment law matters in the City. He is particularly noted as an adviser to senior executives in...
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Rose Smith
...employment and education lawyer. She has a track record in providing measured employment law advice, and is also part of Doyle Clayton’s renowned Education Team, providing advice to teachers, professo...
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EAT Gives Guidance on HR’s Role in Disciplinary Investigations
...Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). The EAT overturned the tribunal decision and remitted the case back to the employment tribunal. A previous decision of the Supreme Court (Chhabra v West London Menta...
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Employer Wrong to Suspend Employee Without Pay
Employer Wrong to Suspend Employee Without Pay This case of Okuoimise v City Facilities (UK) Ltd concerned a family member of an EU citizen and her right to work in the UK. The EAT held that the expir...
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Call for evidence on non-compete clauses launched
Call for evidence on non-compete clauses launched Following on from its earlier announcement, the Government has now launched its call for evidence on non-compete clauses. The Government is explorin...
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Right to work checks: in-person checks delayed to 1 September
Right to work checks: in-person checks delayed to 1 September Right to work checks: in-person checks delayed again to 1 September 2021!In welcome news for employers, the Home Office has announced that...
Recent Cases
Employee with long COVID was disabled
...Employment Tribunal’s decision The Employment Tribunal disagreed. Under the statutory definition, a person is disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and lon...
Extending enhanced maternity benefits to men
...employment status of his partner – when no such restriction applied to female employees wishing to take breastfeeding leave – amounted to sex discrimination. In making it harder for men to qualify fo...
Recent Cases
Employee with Diet Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Not Disabled
...employment tribunal had to determine whether he was disabled for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 (“EqA”). This required it to consider whether his impairment had a substantial adverse effect o...
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Absence Triggers in Staff Handbook Incorporated into Employees’ Contracts
...employment contract, the absence triggers in the absence management policy were sufficiently clear and precise to be incorporated. In addition, the changes were detrimental because employees could fa...
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When is Notice of Termination Effective?
...employment will terminate by a particular date, it is best to hand the letter containing the notice of termination to the employee personally. Some employment contracts contain provisions which spec...
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Court of Appeal confirms Claimants bear the initial burden of proof for discrimination claims
...employment tribunal holding that it was for the Claimant to prove facts from which it could conclude that there had been discrimination, which he had failed to do. EAT Decision The Claimant ap...
The shift towards 'gender neutral' parenting - HR MAGAZINE
...employment (the same restriction did not apply to mothers). The ECJ held that the additional restriction on fathers was discriminatory. While European law allows women to be afforded special treatme...
Recent Cases
Discrimination Cannot be Justified on Grounds of Cost Alone
...employment available and the meeting on 6 June would not therefore have prevented dismissal. In any event, if there was still a chance of alternative employment, the 12 month notice period gave plent...
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Competitive Interview Requirement was Disability Discrimination
...employment tribunal upheld both claims. Reasonable adjustments It found that the requirement to attend a competitive interview and the 75% competency level both put him at a substantial disadvantage...
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No whistleblowing dismissal if decision-maker unaware of protected disclosures
...employment tribunal would have to consider and rule on. Implications The Court of Appeal decision removes the uncertainty created by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in this case and makes...
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The Great Resignation - Why organisations are losing top female talent
...employment claims. Where employees perceive their workplace to be more flexible and supportive, this leads to improved satisfaction, better workplace culture and to a more committed and loyal workforc...