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Tribunal Wrong to Subject Employer’s Redundancy Scoring to Detailed Analysis
...employment tribunal is not normally permitted to subject an employer’s redundancy scores to detailed analysis and should not “re-mark” employees. It must be remembered, however, that a tri...
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Guidance for Employers on New Ante-Natal Time Off Rights
Guidance for Employers on New Ante-Natal Time Off Rights BIS has published guidance for employers on the new right for a parent to accompany an expectant mother to ante-natal appointments. The new ri...
Banker Awarded £3.1m for Sex Discrimination and Harassment
...employment relationship. The tribunal made the award in this case after the employer falsely accused Miss Lokhova of being a drug addict during cross-examination in the tribunal proceedings. She was...
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International network ELLINT expands into China
...employment law boutiques and advises both national and international clients on employment law, employment contracts, executive contracts and incentive and benefit schemes, individual and collective d...
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Government to set minimum service levels during strikes
Government to set minimum service levels during strikes Which services will be affected? The Government has introduced legislation into Parliament which, if passed, will allow it to set minimum level...
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Avoiding anti-competitive behaviour: new advice for employers
...employment contract, which prohibits them from poaching their former colleagues. Such a restriction is not illegal, although it may be unenforceable if it is wider than reasonably necessary to protect...
Using Secret Recordings of Disciplinary and Grievance Hearings – What’s the Legal Position?
...employment tribunal ruled the recordings were admissible in evidence and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) agreed. This case was different from Chairman and Governing Body of Amwell View School v...
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Deduction of One Month’s Pay for Failing to Work Notice Not a Penalty
...employment contract required her to give one month’s notice and stated that if she resigned without working her full notice, the Company would deduct a sum equal in value to the salary payable for the...
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Informing Agency Workers of Vacancies: What’s required?
...employment tribunal rejected Mr Coles’ claim and the Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed his appeal. The principle of equal treatment under the Directive is limited to basic employment and working c...
Pandemic leads to increased desire for flexible working, survey finds
...Employment Bill making flexible working the default but has not yet started that consultation. You can read the full survey here
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Changes to Criminal Records Disclosure Regime
Changes to Criminal Records Disclosure Regime The criminal records disclosure scheme has been amended with effect from 28 November 2020. What are the changes? From 28 November 2020: Youth cautions,...
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Disability Discrimination: A Move to Another’s Job is a Reasonable Adjustment
...Employment Tribunal found that in the circumstances of the case, it would have been reasonable to either swap the jobs being undertaken by the Claimant and another police constable, or to medically re...
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Health and Work Service: Supplier Announced
Health and Work Service: Supplier Announced The Government has announced that its new health and work service is to be provided by Health Management Limited, the UK's leading occupational healthcare p...
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International network ELLINT expands into Belgium and Switzerland
...employment law boutique with offices in Brussels and Namur. Graf & Partner is a highly-experienced Swiss firm based in Zurich which provides the full range of employment law services. The expan...
Seemingly innocuous: the minefield of asking questions at interview
...employment tribunal claim: “Is English your first language?” – For many jobs a requirement that candidates can speak English fluently will be a legitimate one, but whether English is their “fir...
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The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS): call for evidence on future of UK labour market
...employment law Workers' rights and protections Questions include: How the Government can improve employment rights following Brexit and the covid-19 pandemic How to strike the right ba...
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Disability Discrimination: Retirement on ill health grounds
...employment. In respect of the finding of aggravated damages, the EAT has confirmed that this type of finding will only be reserved for the most awful of cases. This is good news for employers, howev...
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Information Tribunal Rules on Personal Data
Information Tribunal Rules on Personal Data The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has recently been ordered to disclose the names of three of its employees pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (F...
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Employee Awarded £72,000 after Exclusion from Voluntary Redundancy Scheme
...employment tribunal upheld her claim and awarded her compensation of just under £72,000, being the amount she would have received under the voluntary severance scheme. The employer appealed, arguing t...
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Revised Acas Code Dealing with Right to be Accompanied
...Employment Tribunal ruled that an employer cannot restrict an employee's choice of companion. So long as the companion falls within one of the statutory categories i.e.the companion is a fellow worke...