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UK: Reasonable adjustments for disabled employee - no need to supplement pay during phased return to work
The EAT has confirmed that an employer does not necessarily have to pay for work not done if offering a disabled employee a phased return to work. …
UK: New publications - April 2012
Acas guide "Promoting positive mental health at work" "Disproportionate effort" guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office, covering the …
International secondments: legal and practical issues for companies managing overseas workers
Given the lack of specific legislation in the UAE on unfair dismissal and redundancy, expatriate employees increasingly turn to UK courts and tribunals …
UK: Discrimination - Court of Appeal rules that costs alone cannot be justification
Employers must establish some legitimate reason other than saving costs in order to justify discrimination. The Court of Appeal has declined to take up …
UK: Marital status discrimination - previous EAT ruling incorrect
Employers can continue to apply particular rules to married employees (or registered civil partners) provided that those in a close unmarried …
UK: Redundancy - selection pool can be challenged
Employers should take extra care when deciding whether a selection pool of one is appropriate. The EAT has confirmed that, where the employer has …
UK: Collective redundancy consultation - ECJ Advocate-General's Opinion suggests UK law on timing may be wrong
Under EU-derived law, employers are required to consult in good time about ways of avoiding or minimising collective redundancies and mitigating the …
UK: Red tape day - April 2012
Unfair dismissal The qualifying period for unfair dismissal (and for eligibility for the right to written reasons for dismissal) is to increase from one …
UK: Legislative proposals
Call for evidence on dismissal process BIS has issued a call for evidence seeking views on (i) whether the Acas Code of Practice on Discipline …
UK: New resources - March 2012
HMRC guidance on dual contracts, covering (i) when duties in the UK are merely incidental to duties outside the UK and (ii) the documents HMRC …
UK: Executive remuneration – the proposals for shareholder votes
The Government (BIS) has published a consultation paper on its proposals to increase shareholder voting rights in relation to executive …
UK: Collective redundancies - expiry of fixed-term contracts may not count towards threshold
In a surprising judgment, the EAT has ruled that the simple expiry of a fixed-term contract without renewal is a dismissal for a reason "related to the …
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