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UK: Workplace loans - employers should make repayment terms clear and comprehensive
Employers should ensure that agreements providing employees with loans to pay for season tickets, equipment, training courses etc clearly state when the …
UK: Dismissal for long-term sickness - new medical evidence at internal appeal
Employers should ensure they investigate any evidence that a long-term sick employee may soon be able to return to work before deciding to dismiss, even …
UK: ECJ rules dress code requiring neutral appearance may be lawful
The European Court of Justice has finally handed down its judgment in two cases involving employees dismissed for wearing an Islamic headscarf at work, …
UK: The Marathon decision – is it right that employees can unlawfully remove confidential documents and not pay damages?
The High Court has recently considered the approach to assessing "licence fee damages" in a claim against two former employees of Marathon Asset …
UK: Court of Appeal rules on subject access requests
HR practitioners know only too well what an effective weapon a subject access request (SAR) can be in the hands of an aggrieved employee or …
UK: Supreme Court refuses to hear statutory holiday pay case
The Supreme Court yesterday refused British Gas permission to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling that statutory holiday pay must include results-based …
UK: independent review recommends employers publish workforce data broken down by race and pay band
The independent Baroness McGregor-Smith Review into race in the workplace was published on 28 February 2017. It sets out evidence that people …
UK: New resources - employment tribunal judgments online register
The online register of employment tribunal judgments announced last summer is now live. The online service covers judgments in both England and Wales and …
UK: Legislative developments - dress codes
The House of Commons Petitions Committee and the Women and Equalities Committee have published a joint report calling for more effective remedies against …
UK: Legislative developments - pregnancy and maternity discrimination
The Government has rejected the idea that pregnancy and maternity cases should have more favourable fee treatment, on the basis that the drop off in …
UK: Legislative developments - tribunal fees
The Ministry of Justice has finally published its post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the employment tribunals and EAT. The review …
UK: Legislative developments- Trade Union Act 2016
The majority of the Trade Union Act 2016 is to come into force on 1 March 2017, including the new ballot requirements, changes to the required notice for …
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