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UK: Voluntary redundancy - excluding employee eligible for early retirement is prima facie age discrimination
The EAT has confirmed that excluding an employee who is eligible for early retirement from voluntary redundancy, due to the higher severance costs, is …
UK: Race discrimination - care needed over instructions on language to be used in the workplace
The recent EAT ruling in Kelly v Covance Laboratories serves as a reminder of the discrimination risks inherent in prohibiting employees from speaking in …
UK: Disability - EAT confirms "normal day-to-day activities" includes general work-related activities
Employers should bear in mind that, for the purposes of determining what amounts to a protected disability, "normal day-to-day activities" will be …
UK: Tax on termination payments - injury to feelings payments are taxable
The Upper Tribunal has ruled that a payment in respect of injury to feelings due to a discriminatory dismissal is taxable in the same way as other …
UK: PRA proposes giving former employers power to reduce buy-outs granted by the new employer
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation paper setting out its proposal for a new approach to "buy-out" awards, with the stated …
UK: HSF Global Guide to Whistleblowing
Herbert Smith Freehills has published the first edition of a Global Guide to Whistleblowing, providing a quick reference guide to the law and culture …
UK: New publications
GEO new guide for employers on Recruitment and Retention of Transgender Staff. Guidance from the Committee on Standards in Public Life on how public …
UK: Privilege - High Court confirms legal advice privilege can include lawyer’s summary of facts
A High Court decision has confirmed that the protection of legal advice privilege is not restricted to actual legal advice. The privilege will protect …
UK: Contract - Supreme Court clarifies test for implying terms
The Supreme Court has recently clarified the law on when the court can imply a term that the parties have not expressly included in their contract, …
UK: Autumn statement - employment law announcements
The Autumn Statement by the Chancellor on 25 November 2015 included the following: The apprenticeship levy will be introduced in April 2017 at a rate …
UK: Disability discrimination - cases highlight recruitment risks for employers in relation to references and interviews
Where a prospective employer receives an unsatisfactory reference about an applicant's suitability for a role, in circumstances where they have been …
UK: Disability discrimination - duty to make reasonable adjustments to attendance management policy
Employers should take particular care when applying an attendance management policy to disabled employees. Overruling previous EAT authority (see our …
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