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UK: Higher standard of investigation may be required where contractual discretion to decide facts
Where an employer had a contractual discretion to decide whether an employee had committed suicide (and therefore whether his widow would receive death …
UK: Non-discriminatory decision lawful despite being based on 'tainted information'
Where a decision to dismiss is based on 'tainted information' (supplied to the decision-maker with discriminatory intent), but the decision-maker has no …
UK: Employment law proposals in Queen's Speech
The Queen's Speech on 27 May included a number of employment law reforms: Unionised employers will welcome proposals to require a higher turnout of …
UK: Zero hours and national minimum wage changes in force 26 May
Two employment provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 came into force on 26 May 2015: The ban on exclusivity clauses in …
UK: Whistleblowing "public interest" requirement is low hurdle for workers
Whistleblowing law was amended in June 2013 to make protection conditional on the worker holding a reasonable belief that disclosure was in the "public …
UK: New HSF resources
Litigation blog post on a Court of Appeal ruling refusing to set aside a settlement agreement on the basis of new evidence indicating that the …
UK: Employers cannot rely on previous warning given in bad faith to justify dismissal
Employers considering dismissal in reliance on a previous 'live' disciplinary warning should ensure that any allegations that the warning was given in …
UK: Employer appeals tribunal ruling that commission must be reflected in statutory holiday pay
As expected, the employment tribunal in Lock v British Gas Trading has confirmed that words can be written into the Working Time Regulations to …
Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers
We have recently updated our multi-jurisdictional guide discussing potential employee issues in business transfers (first published in October 2013). The …
UK: Obligation to register share plans online
All companies operating employee share plans in which UK employees participate must register the share plans with HM Revenue and Customs by 6 July 2015. …
UK: ECJ follows Advocate General's opinion and reinstates previous law on collective redundancy threshold
The European Court of Justice has given its judgment in the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy consultation obligations. …
UK: New publications
BIS has published Guidance for employers on whistleblowing, available here. It contains recommendations for writing and promoting whistleblowing …
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