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Dismissal for raising frivolous and vexatious grievances was fair
Dismissal for raising frivolous and vexatious grievances was fair Dealing with vexatious grievances An employer dismissed an employee fairly when it dismissed him for repeatedly raising grievances wh...
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Amandeep Halet
Amandeep Halet Amandeep graduated from the University of Manchester. She qualified as a Solicitor in 2011 having completed her training contract at DLA Piper UK LLP. Amandeep joined Doyle Clayton in...
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Leah Caprani
Leah Caprani Leah is a newly qualified solicitor, specialising in corporate law, assisting with a range of corporate matters including corporate finance, employee incentives, employee ownership trusts...
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Queen’s Speech: Employment Aspects
...contracts. No further information on its proposals has been provided; tackle national minimum wage abuses by imposing higher penalties on employers who fail to pay the national minimum wage. The de...
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Call for Evidence on Tips, Gratuities, Cover and Service Charges
Call for Evidence on Tips, Gratuities, Cover and Service Charges The Government has issued a call for evidence seeking information on how tips, gratuities, cover and service charges are collected and ...
Data Protection: What does the new Data Protection Regulation Hold in Store for Employers?
...contracts and data protection officers; and up to 4% of annual worldwide turnover of the preceding financial year or EUR20 million (whichever is the greater) for violations relating to breaches of t...
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“Self-employed” worker entitled to 13 years’ holiday pay
“Self-employed” worker entitled to 13 years’ holiday pay Speedread The European Court of Justice has ruled that a worker should receive holiday pay going back 13 years after his employer refuse...
Unusual Dismissals - A "how to" guide for Aspiring HR Advisers
...contracts and illegal contractsCompulsory retirement Webinar Takeaways Employee dismissals can be fair in any number of different scen...
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Tribunal Wrong to Look Behind Previous Disciplinary Warning
Tribunal Wrong to Look Behind Previous Disciplinary Warning A tribunal was wrong to look behind a previous disciplinary which an employer relied on to dismiss an employee. In Wincanton Group v Stone,...
Fallout from volcanic ash creating havoc for employers
Fallout from volcanic ash creating havoc for employers During the recent travel chaos caused by the Icelandic volcano many people were unable to return to the UK from their Easter holidays or business...
Non Payroll Labour: What Employers Need to Know
...contracts with the employer to provide the individual’s services. Previously it was possible to escape the obligation to deduct tax and NICs by demonstrating that the worker was not obliged to perform...
Are we okay to let an employee use their holidays to recover from a medical operation?
Are we okay to let an employee use their holidays to recover from a medical operation? An employee has asked if he can use his holidays to recover from a medical operation. We only pay SSP during sick...
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Immigration - new visa application centres to open in October 2018
Immigration - new visa application centres to open in October 2018 The government confirmed that Sopra Steria has secured a contract to provide in-person visa appointments within the UK for work and s...
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Great Expectations: High Court grants injunction to enforce six month non-compete restriction
Great Expectations: High Court grants injunction to enforce six month non-compete restriction The High Court upheld a six month non-compete clause, even though the employee held a junior role when the...
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Lydia Leahy
Lydia Leahy Lydia is a Paralegal in the Reading team, assisting with a wide range of employment law matters. After completing her undergraduate degree in History and Masters in Law, Lydia completed a ...
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Hannah Lockyer
...contracts for both junior and senior employees, director’s service agreements, consultancy agreements and staff handbooks. In relation to both employers and employees, Hannah has experience with empl...
Jose Mourinho criticised for 'unjust' treatment of Chelsea team Doctor
Jose Mourinho criticised for 'unjust' treatment of Chelsea team Doctor Jennifer Nicol: Why the ref might not be the only whistleblower - as published in HR review The UK press has been gripped in the ...
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Expectation that Employee Work Long Hours Engaged Reasonable Adjustments Duty
Expectation that Employee Work Long Hours Engaged Reasonable Adjustments Duty An expectation that a disabled employee work long hours is a “provision, criterion or practice” (PCP) meaning that the e...
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New PRA and FCA Whistleblowing Rules. Are you Ready?
...contracts Firms will have to ensure that wording in employment contracts and settlement agreements does not deter staff from whistleblowing. Firms will be required to include a term in all settlement...
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International network ELLINT expands into China
...contracts, executive contracts and incentive and benefit schemes, individual and collective dismissals, as well as restructurings and reorganisations. Baohua’s clients include many of the best ...