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Managing the risks of a fire and rehire strategy
...Employment Law Journal. Click here to read Claire's article.
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Is it time to retire the University of Oxford’s enforced retirement policy?
...employment for a fixed term but only if they meet stringent criteria, including stepping out of their role and being able to fully fund their continuing employment. A number of academic staff have ch...
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Gender Pay Gap Reporting Obligations in Force from April
...employment is governed by UK legislation. However, it is likely that employers will have to report on the pay of employees working overseas if the employment relationship has a sufficiently close con...
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New Code of Practice on Preventing Illegal Working
New Code of Practice on Preventing Illegal Working A new Code of Practice on Preventing Illegal Working came into force on 16 May 2014. Please see our briefing note which sets out the key changes. ...
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Fit for Work Service: Roll-out Complete
Fit for Work Service: Roll-out Complete The Fit for Work Service has now been rolled out across the whole of England, Scotland and Wales. Fit for Work offers a free occupational health referral and as...
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Negotiating severance packages: you can’t pick and choose
...employment, ownership of the car was not transferred to him and he brought a breach of contract claim. Employment Appeal Tribunal rejects employee's claim The Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that...
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Can settlement agreements settle future claims?
...employment or its termination. Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision Mr Bathgate appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”), arguing that for a settlement agreement to be valid t...
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Agency workers - does your business use them? Has the agency supplying them been properly vetted?
...Employment Tribunal which determined that TP and LU were equally liable for the breach of Regulation 5(1) and so LU had a 50% liability. However, the Tribunal ruled that the claimants should not be aw...
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Ban on exclusivity clauses for low-paid workers in force
...employment is needed for employees to bring this claim. Workers and employees who breach an exclusivity term in their contract are also protected from detrimental treatment. An employment tribu...
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Avoiding Race Discrimination When Carrying Out Immigration Checks
...employment immigration checks. The code on avoiding unlawful discrimination while preventing illegal working recommends that employers have clear written procedures for the recruitment and selection o...
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Mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting: what is the Government proposing?
Mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting: what is the Government proposing? The Government has launched a consultation on proposals for requiring employers to report on their ethnicity pay gap. Th...
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Supreme Court severs part of non-compete clause to leave an enforceable restriction
...employment contract prohibited her from working for a competitor for six months after her employment terminated. She agreed she would not “directly or indirectly engage or be concerned or interested i...
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Tribunal Fees Challenge Appeal Gets Go Ahead
...employment tribunal fees. Unison is arguing that tribunal fees, which were introduced in June last year, create a barrier to enforcing employment rights. The High Court rejected the challenge in Febr...
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Windrush generation – incorporated into new Right to Work guidance
...employment and then a further two years or until they have been inspected by a Home Office official, whichever is sooner. If an employer does this, they will have established a “statutory defence”. T...
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Employment status: new guidance but no legislative reform
Employment status: new guidance but no legislative reform New employment status guidance published The Government has responded to its 2018 consultation on employment status and has decided against l...
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Resignations and PILONS: PILON does not convert resignation into dismissal
Resignations and PILONS: PILON does not convert resignation into dismissal Exercising right to make PILON does not convert resignation into dismissal, for now at least… The Employment Appeal T...
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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...
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Election Manifestos: Issues for Employers
...Employment tribunal fees Labour will “abolish the employment tribunal fee system as part of wider reforms to make sure that affordability is not a barrier to workers having proper access to justice”....
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Conservatives Publish their General Election Manifesto
...Employment status and the gig economy The Conservatives promise that the interests of those working in the gig economy, those working on traditional contracts and the self-employed will all be proper...
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All you do is take, take, take
...Employment Law Journal. Click here to read the article in full.