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Legislative proposals: draft EU redundancy proposals
In mid-August the Telegraph reported the publication of draft proposals by the European Parliament on restructuring and redundancies, including a …
UK: Redundancy - continued confusion over whether reduction in total hours, rather than total employees, qualifies
Last month we reported an EAT ruling (Packman) that a reduction in total employee hours needed, ie in full-time equivalent employees, could be a …
UK: New resources - July 2012
CIPD and HSE free stress management tool designed to help equip managers with the skills to manage positively and prevent stress in their staff. …
Redundancy: reduction in FTE can be redundancy even if same number of employees
A reduction in work leading to a reduction in hours worked by employees is a redundancy situation. Overturning a previous EAT decision, the EAT has ruled …
UK: Employment law reform- collective redundancy consultation
The government is consulting until 19 September on proposals aimed at "revitalising" the collective redundancy rules. The key suggested reform is to …
Spain: Internal flexibility and substantial changes to conditions of employment
In its decision 61/2012, dated 28 May, the Spanish Labour Court validated a substantial modification of employment conditions affecting remuneration …
Mass redundancies in EMEA
Recent times have seen regular announcements of mass redundancies, more often than not from a company with global operations. These companies face the …
France: important Supreme Court decision - the absence of economic grounds will give rise to damages, but the dismissals will still be effective
The French Supreme Court today handed down an important decision for French employers considering collective redundancies. It held that in the …
UK: Discrimination - Court of Appeal rules that costs alone cannot be justification
Employers must establish some legitimate reason other than saving costs in order to justify discrimination. The Court of Appeal has declined to take up …
UK: Redundancy - selection pool can be challenged
Employers should take extra care when deciding whether a selection pool of one is appropriate. The EAT has confirmed that, where the employer has …
UK: Collective redundancy consultation - ECJ Advocate-General's Opinion suggests UK law on timing may be wrong
Under EU-derived law, employers are required to consult in good time about ways of avoiding or minimising collective redundancies and mitigating the …
UK: Collective redundancies - expiry of fixed-term contracts may not count towards threshold
In a surprising judgment, the EAT has ruled that the simple expiry of a fixed-term contract without renewal is a dismissal for a reason "related to the …
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