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Be Careful What You Say - How a Negative Verbal Reference can Lead to a Disability Discrimination Claim

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that disability discrimination arose when a job offer was withdrawn after a former employer gave a negative verbal reference.


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Budget - How Does it Affect Employment Law?

Friday, 17 July 2015

On 8 July 2015, the Conservatives delivered their budget. We have set out below the key employment announcements.


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Unfair Dismissal - Can the band of reasonable responses be extended?

Friday, 17 July 2015

In a recent case, the Court of Appeal has considered whether the band of reasonable responses could be expanded depending on the seriousness of the act of misconduct to the particular employer.


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Whistleblowing Claims - High Hurdle for Strike Out

Friday, 10 July 2015

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an Employment Tribunal (ET) should not have struck out a claim for unfair dismissal for having made protected disclosures on the basis that the employee had not told the employer about the disclosures.


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Antenatal, Adoption and Surrogacy - Do you know your employees' rights ?

Friday, 10 July 2015

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has recently published two guides explaining the rights to leave for attending antenatal and adoption appointments and on surrogacy.


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Early Conciliation - What Impact Has it Made One Year On?

Friday, 10 July 2015

As of May last year, anyone intending to make an Employment Tribunal claim is obliged to notify the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) first to attempt to resolve the dispute through its free Early Conciliation (EC) service.


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A Payment Under a Compromise Agreement to Compensate an Employee for a Change in His Place of Work Considered Taxable

Friday, 10 July 2015

In Andrew Hill v HMRC, the First-tier Tribunal held that a payment made to an employee under a compromise agreement (now referred to as a 'settlement agreement') was a taxable emolument.


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Equal Pay - Bridging the Gender Gap

Friday, 10 July 2015

The government has confirmed that it will shortly launch a consultation on gender pay gap reporting with a view to introducing a requirement for large companies to publish information on men’s and women’s salaries and rewards.


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Indirect Discrimination - What does an individual need to prove?

Friday, 03 July 2015

The Court of Appeal (CA) has held that when bringing a claim of indirect discrimination, an individual must prove personal disadvantage, as well as group disadvantage caused by the provision, criterion or practice (PCP).


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ICE Agreements - What will count as an undertaking?

Friday, 03 July 2015

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that for the purposes of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (ICE Regulations).


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Unjustified Capability Procedures

Thursday, 12 November 2015

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that where there was insufficient evidence to establish a provision, criterion or practice an indirect discrimination claim could not succeed.


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Collective Consultation Obligation Triggered Upon Provisional Decision to Close School

Friday, 03 July 2015

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) dismissed a school's appeal, against a 90 day protective award for each employee where no consultation took place over the closure of the school and the school was not aware of its consultation obligations.


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Appeal Capable of Rectifying Procedural Deficiencies

Friday, 03 July 2015

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has upheld the Employment Tribunal (ET)'s decision that an employee's dismissal was fair, despite procedural failings at the first stage of the disciplinary hearing.


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Employment Status - Worker, Employee or Neither?

Friday, 26 June 2015

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision has considered the employment status of a GP who sought to bring whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and discrimination complaints.


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Internal Investigations - Ensuring a Fair Approach

Friday, 26 June 2015

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case has highlighted a number of considerations for employers carrying out internal investigations.