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Looking After Your Older Workers - as Published on Edge Online
...employment law firm Doyle Clayton, offers her advice. Hold experience in high esteem As a rule of thumb, older people in the workplace are the most experienced. So why not tap into the wealth of kn...
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£19,500 Harassment Compensation for “Vulnerable” Zero Hours Worker
...employment tribunal took into account her vulnerability and the perfunctory nature of the employer’s investigation of her grievance. In Southern v Britannia Hotels Ltd, S was a waitress working in a ...
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No Service Provision Change Where Employee Only Worked on One Contract
...employment transferred to Seawell under TUPE. M’s employment was terminated and he claimed unfair dismissal. The EAT held that the tribunal had been wrong to decide that TUPE applied.&nbs...
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No TUPE Service Provision Change if Service Provided to Different Client
...employment had transferred to M under TUPE and that he had sufficient continuity of employment to bring an unfair dismissal claim. The first was a first generation contracting out under which WG Ltd...
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Chloe Harrold's Column for The HR Director on HR Blunders in the Apprentice
...Employment Tribunals, having triumphed over 2010 Apprentice winner, Stella English, who sued for constructive unfair dismissal in 2013. Preparing for the show I sat through the interview clips of cand...
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Queen’s Speech 2017: What Employers Need to Know
...Employment Practices to help understand whether workers’ rights are in need of modernisation to keep up with modern ways of working. It will also take further steps to tackle the gender pay gap and ...
Sex scandals and the regulators. What’s happening and what you need to know
...employment partner in a magic circle law firm is set to face his first Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing on 5 December 2019 following an investigation into his role drafting a controversial NDA...
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Tribunals: Unless Orders must be unambiguous to strike out whole case
...employment tribunal ordered him to provide a table setting out the detail of his allegations. Once received, Notts Healthcare argued he had not provided sufficiently clear or detailed information. The...
The Apprentice - Episode Nine – Lawyer’s summary
...employment contract in place requiring a minimum notice period. If an employee leaves without giving that notice they can in theory be sued for breach of contract. It’s worth considering what caused ...
Startups: Plan ahead to avoid costly legal disputes (part V)
...employment documentation as part of any funding round and deal with data protection issues when disclosing employee information. 3 Key Tips to avoid legal battles at this stage 1. Know your obligati...
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Post-termination losses recoverable in pre-dismissal detriment claim
...employment tribunal struck out his claim that the LLP’s actions entitled him to resign and struck out his claim for the resulting post-termination losses. He appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal...
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Government consults on off-payroll working rules
...employment status to the worker (it is required only to provide it to the party it contracts with), that there is no obligation to pass its decision down the chain so that it reaches the fee payer and...
Why Age Doesn't Matter - as published in Economia
...employment landscape undergoing a demographic shift? Is it a case of out with the old and in with the young? Should older workers consider their positions? Thankfully, Doyle Clayton’s recent Age Befor...
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Whistleblowing Claim Failed as Legal Obligation Not Identified
...employment tribunal must identify the legal obligation, its source and how it was breached before moving on to consider whether the employee reasonably believed that it had been breached (and that the...
Students, Work Experience and The National Minimum Wage
Students, Work Experience and The National Minimum Wage Compliance? Think boilers not boilerplate Schools are spending more and more time on the administration that results from apparently endless go...
Y is there a problem? - as published in New Law Journal
...employment laws. Employment regulations and the prospect of penalties for breach appear to be effective in preventing discrimination in micro-businesses, where they have failed elsewhere. In addition,...
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Consultation on Draft Approved Code of Practice (ACOP): Safe Use of Lifting Equipment
Consultation on Draft Approved Code of Practice (ACOP): Safe Use of Lifting Equipment This consultative document seeks views on the revised version of the Approved Code of Practice (L113) relating to...
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Final Report on Health and Safety Reforms
Final Report on Health and Safety Reforms The Department for Work and Pensions has issued its final progress report on the Health and Safety Executive’s achievements in delivering reforms to health a...
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Government to Seek Views on Whether Non-Compete Clauses Stifle Innovation
Government to Seek Views on Whether Non-Compete Clauses Stifle Innovation The Government has announced that it will shortly be launching a call for evidence on whether non-compete clauses are stifling...
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Teacher’s suspension breached the implied term of trust and confidence
Teacher’s suspension breached the implied term of trust and confidence The suspension of a teacher was a fundamental breach of the implied term of trust and confidence entitling her to resign and trea...