Unfair selection for redundancy
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) held that subjective redundancy criteria may be appropriate in certain cases, provided that they can be assessed in a dispassionate or objective way. […]
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Employees who are sick during their holiday can take that holiday entitlement at a later date
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has confirmed that an employee who falls ill during a period of paid annual leave is entitled to take the affected days as paid annual leave at a later date. […]
Employee who filed her claim for breach of contract 3 months too late is allowed to proceed with her claim
The EAT has decided that an employee who was wrongly advised by her employer about the timeframe for bringing a claim could proceed with that claim despite filing it three months after the Employment Tribunal’s deadline had expired. […]
High Court holds employers may be bound to pay bonuses communicated to employees
The High Court has held that where an employer announces that a particular sum has been set aside for bonuses, that could amount to a contractual entitlement to the bonus. […]
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Measuring Employee Engagement
A new study highlights the importance of relying on more than just scores from employee surveys in measuring levels of employee engagement in an organisation. […]
The EAT issues guidance on the transfer of employment under a service provision change
Is an employee who spends all of his time doing work for one client automatically an organised grouping of employees as required to establish a service provision change for the purposes of TUPE? […]
Employment law changes announced
The Government has published its detailed proposals for employment law reform in the new Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. […]
Court issues guidance on when it is appropriate to suspend employees for misconduct
The Court of Appeal has expressed the view that, in the context of misconduct investigations, suspension “should not be a knee-jerk reaction.” […]
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Parent companies owe a duty of care to employees of subsidiary companies
The Court of Appeal has held that parent companies may owe a direct duty of care to employees of subsidiary companies. […]
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Vicarious liability of employers – could employers be vicariously liable for murder?
Following a claim from the family of a murdered employee, a court has thrown out the ex-employer’s application for the claim to be struck out and it will now proceed to a full hearing. […]
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