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UK: Employers should update their precedent compromise agreements with effect from 29 July 2013
On 29 July 2013 statutory compromise agreements needed to waive statutory employment claims will be renamed "settlement agreements", under s.23 of the …
UK: Government to review the use of "zero-hours" contracts
In late 2012 we have looked at zero-hours contracts as a possible solution to temporary staffing needs. However, last month, the Business Secretary, …
UK: New cap on unfair dismissal compensatory award will apply from 29 July 2013
The Government has confirmed that the change to the cap on the unfair dismissal award will apply from 29 July 2013 (subject to parliamentary apprioval …
UK: Legislative consultations - reservists and tax break for health-related interventions
Following consultation, the Government has published a White Paper setting out its plans for the future of the UK’s reserve armed forces, including the …
UK: Unfair dismissal - covert surveillance may not render dismissal unfair
The EAT has ruled that an employee has no reasonable expectation of privacy when filmed in a public place during hours when the employee should have been …
UK: Equal pay - comparators at different establishments permitted, even if jobs could not exist at claimant's worksite
The Supreme Court has ruled that employees can bring an equal pay claim based on comparators working at a different location but employed by the same …
UK: Disability discrimination - limit to duty to automatically appoint redundant disabled employee to vacancy
Previous case law has established that, when a disabled employee becomes unable to carry out their current role, the duty to make reasonable …
UK: Redundancy selection - use of historical performance data for employee on leave permitted
Employers making redundancies from a selection pool including employees on maternity leave or other prolonged family leave should ensure that identical …
UK: Victimisation - dismissal for making multiple discrimination grievances unlawful
Where an employee makes repeated allegations of discrimination which the employee believes to be true but which the employer considers unfounded, …
UK: TUPE - recent developments
The Employment Minister, Jo Swinson, has announced that simplified TUPE regulations will be unveiled in September, rather than the beginning of …
UK: Employment law reforms - updates to 2013 timetable
The new protection for pre-termination negotiations introduced by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act will come into force on 29 July 2013. This …
UK: EAT ruling on multi-site collective redundancies published
Last month saw reports of a significant EAT ruling that the obligation to inform and consult for collective redundancies applies whenever an employer …
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