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UK: Disability discrimination - automatic non-payment of bonus to employees with absence warning was unlawful
Employers should review bonus or other schemes designed to reward good attendance levels, to assess whether any discriminatory affect against disabled …
UK: Unfair dismissal - in depth investigation of employee's explanations for misconduct will not always be necessary
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the requirement that an employer carry out a reasonable investigation into allegations of misconduct (in order for any …
UK: new tribunal compensation limits and statutory benefit rates from April 2015
From 6 April 2015, the cap on the unfair dismissal compensatory award will increase from £76,574 to £78,335 and the cap on weekly pay (used to calculate …
UK: Unfair dismissal - caution needed when relying on composite reasons for dismissal
Where an employer relies on more than one incident cumulatively to justify dismissal, the tribunal must assess whether dismissal was within the range of …
UK: Fit for Work - employer guidance recommends review of sickness policies
The DWP has published guidance notes on the new Fit for Work scheme being phased in over 2015, recommending that employers update their sickness absence …
UK: Unfair dismissal - 'virtual' employee teleworking from overseas for UK business can bring claim here
Employers should bear in mind the scope for employees working abroad to bring claims here, even where it has been the employee's choice to …
UK: Jurisdiction - scope for suing non-EU employers in UK extended by recast Brussels Regulation
The recast Brussels Regulation introduced significant changes to the EU rules on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments for proceedings from 10 …
UK: Pro-employer ECJ Advocate General opinion on test for collective redundancies consultation
A year ago the Court of Appeal referred to the European Court of Justice the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy …
UK: Disciplinary and grievance procedures: changes to Acas Code
In December 2013 Acas consulted on changes to its Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures to reflect the EAT ruling in Toal v GB Oils. …
UK: New resources
BIS has made available a new online calculator for maternity, paternity and shared parental leave. It has also updated its shared parental leave …
UK: Tribunal fees - second judicial review challenge rejected
The High Court has rejected Unison's second judicial review claim challenging the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013. The court ruled …
UK: Race discrimination - 'race' may encompass caste
The EAT has confirmed that, although the Equality Act does not yet expressly include caste as a protected characteristic, it is included within the …
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