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Confidential Information: Two wrongs don’t make a right
...employment she suffered from ill health and raised concerns regarding her bonus and other matters. In January 2010, Ms Chadwick started to send large quantities of confidential information to her pri...
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Requiring Opt-Out as Condition for Working Overtime Not a Detriment
...employment tribunal held that the employee had been subjected to a detriment caused by his failure to sign an opt-out and it upheld the claim but awarded no compensation. The EAT allowed the employer...
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Doyle Clayton is UK Member of ELLINT an International Network Specialising in Employment Law
...Employment Law Doyle Clayton has joined forces with six European employment law firms to form ELLINT (Employment & Labor Lawyers International), an international network specialising in employment la...
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No Appeal Against Overtime Back Pay Ruling
...Employment Appeal Tribunal’s ruling which limited a worker’s ability to claim past underpayments of holiday pay. Earlier this month, the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that compulsory non-guaranteed...
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Sick employees’ right to carry over untaken holiday only applies to Working Time Directive leave
...employment contract. Where carry over has not been agreed and a worker is unable to take the holiday due to sickness, this case makes it clear that employers do not have to allow them to carry it over...
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Tribunal Wrong to Look Behind Previous Disciplinary Warning
...employment contract state otherwise. This decision provides helpful guidance for employers seeking to rely on previous disputed disciplinary warnings. Employers are not obliged to ignore a disputed d...
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Employee’s length of service irrelevant for wrongful dismissal claims
...Employment tribunal rules dismissal was wrongful Mr Cameron succeeded in his wrongful dismissal claim. One of the factors the employment tribunal took into account in deciding that East Coast h...
Mind The Pay Gap - as published on HR Director online
...employment tribunal, as it will help them assess the strength of their case. In addition, employment tribunals will be able to take account of whether and how an employer has answered questions when ...
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Kate Kapp
...employment lawyer and litigator, she represents and advises both employers and employees on a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment related issues, and has extensive experience in n...
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Dismissal Based on Allegation of Historical Sexual Abuse Unfair
...employment, was unfair. In Z v A, A was a primary school caretaker. In April 2010 the school was informed by police that an allegation had been made that he had sexually abused a child some years b...
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UK pension tax reform: end of contracting-out
UK pension tax reform: end of contracting-out Key issues for employers and trustees From 6 April 2016, defined benefit pension schemes will no longer be able to contract out of the State Second Pensi...
Employers and Landlords: Be compliant or face a fine
Employers and Landlords: Be compliant or face a fine All employers and landlords have a responsibility to prevent those without lawful immigration status from working or renting in the UK. There is no...
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No Victimisation Where Employee Required to Relocate After Grievance
...employment there was banter of a racial nature which he initially took part in. He subsequently complained to his line manager about name-calling and abusive remarks. After a team meeting at which t...
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Northern Irish ruling could lead to employers facing more holiday pay claims
...Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Bear Scotland case. Employers have been relying on the Bear Scotland decision to extinguish claims where there is more than three months between a series of underpaym...
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Non-compete restrictions to be limited to three months
...employment contracts to three months. The legislation will be brought in “when Parliamentary time allows”, suggesting the change may not be imminent. Detail is limited and it is unclear, for example, ...
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Personal liability for whistleblowing dismissals: implications for employers
...Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an employment tribunal decision that two non-executive directors were personally liable for their part in dismissing an employee on whistleblowing grounds. Speed...
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Government announces “Good Work Plan” for enhancing rights and protections at work
...Employment status In response to Matthew Taylor’s recommendation for greater clarity on employment status, the Government has announced it is launching a detailed consultation. This will examin...
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When is a resignation letter not a resignation?
...employment should cease. The tribunal therefore concluded that when Mr Gorton-Davey received Ms Levy’s written notice he did not understand her to be resigning from her employment with the Trust. ...
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Alison Garrow
...Employment Law since 2008 Professional memberships Employment Lawyers Association
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Employer Entitled to Choose Between Pay Increase Options
Employer Entitled to Choose Between Pay Increase Options An employer which agreed two options for a pay increase with a union was entitled to award the lower of the two. In Anderson v London Fire &am...