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UK: Redundancy - preferential treatment required for employee on maternity leave where roles restructured
Where an employer decides to replace two roles, one of which is currently held by an employee on maternity (or other family-related) leave, with a new …
France: Loi Florange - new obligation to actively seek a buyer for a site before closure, where closure will result in redundancies
The French Parliament has now definitively passed the "Florange" law, which was a campaign promise of President Hollande. Whilst initially the …
UK: Collective redundancy obligations - Woolworths case referred to ECJ
The Court of Appeal has decided to refer to the European Court of Justice the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy …
UK: Appeal news- collective redundancy, calculation of holiday pay and commission
The appeal in the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy consultation obligations for multi-site employers has been listed …
UK: New resources
Our global EPI team has produced a guide to employee issues on a multi-jurisdiction business transfer, to assist our clients in meeting some of these …
UK: Enhanced redundancy pay - risk of age discrimination claims
Employers should carefully consider whether enhanced redundancy schemes paying more to older workers can be justified. The ECJ has ruled that a Danish …
France: Proposed additional obligations to seek a buyer before closing a site
A proposed new law is being considered in France that would impose significant new obligations and potential costs/delays on large employers wishing to …
UK: EAT gives leave to appeal decision on multi-site collective redundancy consultation
It has been confirmed that the EAT has granted the Government permission to appeal its decision in the Woolworths case that the obligation to …
UK: BIS seeks leave to appeal Woolworths judgment on multi-site redundancies
It has been confirmed that the Government is seeking leave to appeal the Woolworths decision that the obligation to inform and consult for …
UK: Disability discrimination - limit to duty to automatically appoint redundant disabled employee to vacancy
Previous case law has established that, when a disabled employee becomes unable to carry out their current role, the duty to make reasonable …
UK: Redundancy selection - use of historical performance data for employee on leave permitted
Employers making redundancies from a selection pool including employees on maternity leave or other prolonged family leave should ensure that identical …
UK: EAT ruling on multi-site collective redundancies published
Last month saw reports of a significant EAT ruling that the obligation to inform and consult for collective redundancies applies whenever an employer …
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