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Is Drunk and Disorderly Behaviour at your Summer Party to be Tolerated?
...dismissal, and as long as you as an employer have clear policies and rules in place, and follow a fair procedure, you can avoid a finding of unfair dismissal if you dismiss an employee following unacc...
Prank Beheading video results in dismissal, but is it fair?
...unfair dismissal claim, how will they fare? Of course we aren’t privy to all of the details, and the specific facts are very important. Assuming they were dismissed for gross misconduct, the starting ...
The employer's guide to zero-hours contracts - as published in HR Magazine
...unfair dismissal rights after two years' service) or casual workers with less legal protection. This depends on how the contract is drafted and how it is operated in practice. To avoid employment ri...
Jeremy Clarkson Dropped by the BBC
...dismissal for unfair dismissal purposes. Contractual rights under the commercial agreement will provide legal remedies for Mr Clarkson if the BBC has acted unlawfully. If he had been an employee then...
Taxation of Termination Payments - Is it time to replace the £30k tax exemption, as the OTS suggests?
...unfair dismissal claims. Employee shareholders, who have no right to a statutory redundancy payment under waiver arrangements, would have their termination payments taxed in full. No doubt HMRC will...
Should You Ever Sue Your Boss for Discrimination? - as published in the Telegraph
...unfair dismissal claim against Lord Sugar, often come out. But, so too, do claims about sexual harassment - even if no-one famous is involved. Sometimes it just takes an accusation against a relativel...
Non Payroll Labour: What Employers Need to Know
...unfair dismissal or a redundancy payment. Although there have always been differences in the tests of employment for tax and employment law purposes, the difference has now become more marked.
Whistleblowing Ruling: What it Means for LLPs - as published in Economia
...unfairly dismissed), they do now have a range of protections given to workers against certain types of unlawful treatment by their firms and can use employment tribunal claims to enforce them. LLPs a...
LLP Members Qualify for Worker Rights: Implications for LLPs and their Members
...unfair dismissal or a statutory redundancy payment. The facts In Bates van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co LLP, B was a junior equity member of Clyde & Co LLP. She received both a profit-related el...
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - as published in Global Banking & Finance Review
...dismissal will be the appropriate sanction, this will not always be the case. Jumping to a decision to dismiss without considering any mitigating factors could make the dismissal unfair; if the empl...
Strike season and childcare – how to come out on top - as published in HR Review
...unfairly dismissed, as this was linked to his exercising his statutory rights. The case highlights the need for policies to be implemented carefully, so that decision makers and managers have a clear ...
When is a Request to be Accompanied at a Disciplinary Meeting Unreasonable? - as published in Personnel Today
...unfair dismissal if the employee is ultimately dismissed. Employers will need to consider the amended Acas code carefully before deciding on the appropriate course of action and, if in doubt, take adv...
Hidden Dangers of a Limited Liability Partnership - as published in Global Banking & Finance Review
...unfair dismissal. Had Mr Tiffin been paid by way of a fixed share of profit without contributing capital and without voting rights, the result may well have been different. The case makes it clear tha...
Are the Days of the Zero Hours Contract Numbered? - as published in Tolley's Employment Law Newsletter
...unfair dismissal rights and rights to sick pay and maternity and paternity pay), as they may be classed as "employees". All casual workers have the right to be paid statutory holiday and the national ...
Jonas Gutierrez: lessons for employers - as published in HR Magazine
...dismissal for legal purposes. The employee will potentially have claims, including for unfair dismissal, unless the employer can demonstrate a fair and non-discriminatory reason to justify its decisio...
Creative use of workers during difficult times - Atypical workers - HR MAGAZINE
...Unfair dismissal √ X Redundancy payment √ X Top Tips on potentially making it work! Draft agreements carefully – if in doubt take legal advice Identify employment status and familia...
Please remember that your pay could go down as well as up ...
...unfair dismissal. You should also remember that an employee who refuses the pay cut has the contractual right to remain on their current level of pay. If consultation is unsuccessful and the employee ...
Childcare and the strikes - How should employers deal with absent parents? HR MAGAZINE
...unfairly dismissed, as this was linked to his exercising his statutory rights. The case highlights the need for policies to be implemented carefully, so that decision makers and managers have a clear...
Can you be discriminated against because of your accent?
...unfair dismissal). Discrimination law covers less favourable treatment on the grounds of nationality, but this only includes discrimination on the grounds of being, for example, Irish or Scottish, it...
A good reputation is more valuable than money - PERSONNEL TODAY
...unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and breach of contract (relating to a failure to pay a bonus) and awarded him compensation of £2.8 million. Mr Chagger had made unimpeachable efforts to m...