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Unfair dismissal and redundancy compensation limits going up from 6 April 2018
Unfair dismissal and redundancy compensation limits going up from 6 April 2018 Unfair dismissal compensation and redundancy pay is to increase where the effective date of termination of an e...
Law Commission Consults on Employment Law Hearing Structures
...unfair dismissal claim (currently three months) or whether the civil courts’ time limit of six years should apply to claims brought in the employment tribunal. Jurisdiction of tribunals ...
Annual increase in tribunal compensation limits confirmed
...unfair dismissal is set to increase to £86,444 (up from £83,682). The maximum amount of a week’s pay, used for calculating the unfair dismissal basic award and statutory redundancy paymen...
Employers cannot pro-rate holiday entitlement for part-year workers
...unfair. It was important to recognise that Ms Brazel was employed on a permanent contract and this was sufficient to entitle her to 5.6 weeks holiday, irrespective of the number of weeks worked. The T...
New right to paid parental bereavement leave from 6 April
...dismissal and detriment for exercising their right to take leave. A dismissal will be automatically unfair if the reason or principal reason is connected to them having taken leave or because the empl...
Annual increases to employment compensation limits and statutory rates of pay
...unfair dismissals awards and the prescribed amount of statutory payments will increase from April 2020. Compensation limits For unfair dismissal claims where the effective date of term...
Round-up of April 2020 employment law changes
...unfair dismissal increases to £88,519 (up from £86,444), or 12 months’ pay if lower. The limit on a week’s pay used for calculating statutory redundancy payments and the unfair dismissal basic aw...
Teacher suspected of possessing indecent images of children was unfairly dismissed
...Dismissal unfair K claimed unfair dismissal, but the tribunal ruled his dismissal was fair. K appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal which overturned the tribunal’s decision and ruled his dismiss...
Increases to redundancy payments and unfair dismissal compensation from April 2021
...unfair dismissal compensation from April 2021 Redundancy payments and unfair dismissal compensation are set to rise from April. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will increase to £8...
Clinically Extremely Vulnerable - Change in Guidance
...dismissal for refusing to return would be automatically unfair. They could also be covered under the Equality Act 2010 and argue that any detrimental treatment or dismissal is discriminatory. It is be...
Why is menopause a workplace issue?
...unfair dismissal protection. Employees are also protected against discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 from the first day of their employment. Potential claims therefore include unfair dismissal...
Covert CCTV recording in the workplace – is it ever lawful?
...unfair dismissal claim (or unfair dismissal claim, if dismissed by their employer). Much will depend on the nature of the misconduct and whether the covert recording was justifiable. Using covert CCTV...
Furlough: what does it mean for redundancy dismissals?
...unfair dismissal. The Employment Judge found that she had been dismissed for redundancy, which is a potentially fair reason. However, the Judge ruled that the dismissal was unfair. He considered that...
New right to carer’s leave: what employers need to know
...dismissal will be automatically unfair These are intended to be the minimum entitlements that an employer must provide and so employers can provide greater entitlements if they wish. For exam...
Employment tribunal compensation limits increase from 6 April
...unfair dismissal is set to increase to £93,878 (up from £89,493). Note that there is no statutory cap on compensation if an employee is dismissed for whistleblowing or for carrying out health an...
Resignations and PILONS: PILON does not convert resignation into dismissal
...dismissal, the employee cannot bring a claim for unfair dismissal. The Employment Appeal Tribunal felt bound by a previous EAT judgment, concluding that it was not ‘manifestly wrong’. How...
New Statutory Code of Practice for “Fire and Re-Hire”
...dismissals, it has decided to offer more protection to workers who are treated unfairly when employers adopt this practice. The new Code and possible consequences of non-compliance for employers T...
Can settlement agreements settle future claims?
...unfair dismissal and discrimination, by entering into a settlement agreement complying with the necessary statutory requirements. These include that the agreement must relate to “the particular compla...
Redundancy consultation: the importance of consulting early
...unfair dismissal. The employment tribunal dismissed her claim and ruled she had been fairly selected for redundancy. The importance of consultation The Employment Appeal Tribunal disagre...
Ban on exclusivity clauses for low-paid workers in force
...dismissal, compensation is limited to an amount not exceeding the unfair dismissal basic and compensatory award. This means that the compensation for employees and workers who are dismissed is capped ...