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UK: Date for appeal hearing on holiday pay
The appeal in the holiday pay case Lock v British Gas Trading has been listed to be heard by the Court of Appeal sooner than expected, floating over 11 …
EU referendum
With the EU Referendum date looming, employers will be considering the potential impact of an exit from the EU. From an employment law perspective, …
UK: New resources - apprentices, minimum wages, earnings attachments, sex discrimination
Acas has published a guide to help employers manage and support apprentices and young workers, and a guide to help combat sex discrimination in the …
UK: Herbert Smith Freehills global survey reveals labour is both driver and challenge for cross-border M&A
Labour and employment law issues are a significant factor for cross-border deals, according to Herbert Smith Freehills’ new M&A report, ‘Beyond …
UK: Restrictive covenants - BIS call for evidence; EAT ruling confirms unreasonable restraints cannot be bought
As part of an initiative to develop a National Innovation Plan to help make Britain the most attractive place in Europe to start up new businesses, the …
UK: TUPE can apply to part of service split along functional lines
The EAT has confirmed that, where a service being provided by a transferor is split along functional lines, with two separate activities carried out by …
UK: Unfair dismissal - "taking a sickie" is gross misconduct
An employer can fairly dismiss for gross misconduct where it has a genuine and reasonable belief (after reasonable investigation) that an employee has …
UK: Staff handbooks - absence management procedure trigger was apt for incorporation; need to retain historic versions of electronic handbooks
Employers may wish to review their staff handbooks and, in particular, what is included in any section expressly stated to be contractual to the extent …
UK: Discipline - raising non-urgent or trivial concerns while an employee is on stress-related sick leave may amount to constructive dismissal
Employers should consider carefully whether it is necessary to raise disciplinary concerns with an employee while they are absent on stress-related sick …
UK: Whistleblowing - employers face uphill struggle to strike out claims for lack of "public interest"
A recent EAT ruling has highlighted that, in many cases, the prospects of striking out a whistleblowing claim at a preliminary hearing on the basis of …
UK: What are my rights if my job is relocated due to Brexit?
The following article by Andrew Taggart was first published in Financial News, 22nd April 2016. If your employer decides to relocate your job and you do …
UK: Arbitration and ADR in employment disputes
The Employment Lawyers' Association (ELA) has established an Arbitration and ADR Group to consider the level of interest in arbitration to resolve …
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