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Australia: 'Tis the season to be wary of folly: large damages awarded for harassment following work function
With end of year functions well underway, employers need to be particularly vigilant to ensure they respond swiftly and thoroughly to allegations of …
UK: TUPE reforms to come into force on 31 January 2014
On 17 December 2013, BIS published its seventh statement of new regulation, which confirms that the new TUPE regulations (so far only published in draft …
Australia: Coalition Government begins to implement pre-election policies
Australia’s recently-elected Federal Coalition Government has begun implementing its pre-election policy relating to employment and workplace …
Australia: Billabong’s executive retention arrangements
Executives are sometimes offered retention arrangements if a change of control is on the cards. Sometimes this leads to criticism, as in …
UK: New publications
New Government guidance for employers and interns about their right to fair pay
UK: Appeal news- collective redundancy, calculation of holiday pay and commission
The appeal in the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy consultation obligations for multi-site employers has been listed …
UK: TUPE - scope of service provision change exclusion
The service provision change clauses in TUPE exclude from its scope changes of contractor where the client intends the activities to be carried out in …
UK: Deduction from wages - unlawful if pursuant to repayment clause amounting to a penalty
It is unlawful for an employer to make deductions from wages pursuant to a clause providing for the repayment of recruitment and training expenses …
UK: Disability - up front commitment to extend phased return not a reasonable adjustment
Where an employer has offered a fixed period of reduced hours as a reasonable adjustment for a disabled employee on their return from long-term sickness …
UK: Ill health dismissal - Court of Session confirms factors relevant to fairness
The Court of Session has confirmed that, in considering whether a dismissal for ill-health is unfair, the tribunal must consider the following issues: …
UK: Religious discrimination - 'non-core' beliefs protected
Employers should not treat requests to adjust working conditions in order to accommodate an employee's belief any less seriously simply because the …
UK: Disciplinary and grievance procedures - proposed changes to Acas Code
Acas is consulting on changes to its Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures to reflect the EAT ruling in Toal v GB Oils. This case …
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