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Employment Law

Index items here on employment legislation, employment-related topics and case law that is not covered by any of the sub-categories OR within Employee Relations or Diversity and Equality or Health, Safety and Well-being and any of their sub-categories.

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Latest employment status case goes against the trend

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Paul Mander
23 May 2013

The supreme court has had to decide whether a methodist minister could claim protection from unfair dismissal In an unusual case, called President of the Methodist Conference v Preston , the Supreme Court has ruled that...

Consulting with employees when insolvent

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Paras Gorasia
21 May 2013

Employers that stop trading suddenly cannot avoid their duty to staff being made redundant The recent EAT judgment in the case of AEI Cables Ltd v GMB provides useful guidance on how employment tribunals should determine...

How will the EU cap on bankers’ bonuses work?

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Paul Griffin
20 May 2013

How the new rules designed to curb excessive short-term payouts in the City will operate The public perception is that the global economic crisis was caused, at least partly, by bankers receiving large bonuses incentivising...

Teacher’s ‘some other substantial reason’ dismissal was covered by Acas Code

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Makbool Javaid
17 May 2013

Employers need to stick to disciplinary procedures even when the letter of the law seems to say otherwise, says the EAT In Lund v St Edmund’s School Canterbury the EAT had to decide whether the Acas Code of Practice...

Sending damaging emails in another employee’s name

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Paul Mander
16 May 2013

Can a dismissal for gross misconduct lead to tribunal compensation for a faulty disciplinary procedure? The case Ladrick Lemonious v Church Commissioners concerned a claimant employed by the Church Commissioners from 1973...

Whistleblowing legislation ‘counterproductive’, claims academic

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PM Newsdesk
14 May 2013

Lack of protection assurance ‘could be a deterrent’ for employees Proposed legislation aimed at supporting whistleblowers will dissuade rather than encourage people to highlight serious wrongdoing, according...

Striking out discrimination claims

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Lucy Georghiou
13 May 2013

In a bold move, the EAT has decided a case involving the rejection of a bipolar job applicant should not proceed Where there is clearly no reasonable prospect of success, nothing prohibits the courts from striking out...

Social media contacts – who owns them?

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Michelle Lawlor-Perkins
13 May 2013

Employers can take practical steps to try to prevent business connections stored in cyberspace from following departing employees Business contacts are the crown jewels of most companies and can take years of investment...

The Enterprise Act – what’s in it for you?

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Jo Broadbent
10 May 2013

Legislation coming in to force next month will make it harder for employees to add whistleblowing to a breach of contract claim The employment related aspects of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, which recently...

Victimisation – not your problem but the next employer’s?

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David Speakman
9 May 2013

Case law has shown up confusion in the law governing protected acts, so one employer can face a claim for another’s detrimental treatment Victimisation occurs where an employee carries out a protected act (such as...

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