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Illegal Worker Unable to Bring Race Discrimination Claim
Illegal Worker Unable to Bring Race Discrimination Claim An employee who was working illegally in the UK was barred from bringing a race discrimination claim. In Hounga v Allen, H worked as a live-in...
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Employer’s Covenant Drafting Error Could Not be Corrected By Court
...contracts always need to be drafted carefully and addressed specifically to the employer’s business interrests. They should be no wider than is necessary to protect the employer’s goodwill, trade conn...
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No Compensation under TUPE where Bonus Wrongly Described as Non-contractual
No Compensation under TUPE where Bonus Wrongly Described as Non-contractual An outgoing service provider was not in breach of its obligation to provide employee liability information when it wrongly s...
Brexit: Implications for UK Pensions Schemes
Brexit: Implications for UK Pensions Schemes The procedure for the United Kingdom to exit the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union and its effects are unprecedented. Once ...
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Paid Holiday: Unlimited Carry Over Until Worker Has Opportunity to Take it
...contracts, the worker can claim that they have been prevented from taking it. The right then carries over until such time as their employer provides them with the opportunity to take paid holida...
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HMRC confirms when new rules on taxing notice pay apply
HMRC confirms when new rules on taxing notice pay apply HMRC have confirmed that new rules on the tax treatment of notice pay only apply where the payment is made, and the employment terminates on or ...
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Aisling Malone
...contracts, policies/handbooks ,and in negotiating and advising on settlement agreements. She also provides day-to-day support to HR professionals on a variety of employment law issues. Aisling train...
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Termination payments: What does ex-gratia mean?
Termination payments: What does ex-gratia mean? In Publicis Consultants UK Ltd v O’Farrell, the EAT confirmed that an ex-gratia payment did not satisfy the employer’s contractual obligation to pay no...
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No Implied Duty to Disclose Allegations of Misconduct
No Implied Duty to Disclose Allegations of Misconduct An employee’s dismissal for failing to disclose allegations of misconduct was unfair. In The Basildon Academies v Amadi, Mr Amadi worked as a tut...
Governance in Group Personal Pension Schemes
Governance in Group Personal Pension Schemes Guide to key legal and regulatory obligations for employers Employers are commonly using Group Personal Pension Schemes as a qualifying workplace pensio...
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Government Launches Inquiry into Future of the World of Work
...contracts, definitions of flexible contracts, the role of the Low Pay Commission, and minimum wage enforcement? 8. What is the role of trade unions in representing the self-employed and those not work...
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Employee Entitled to PILON Despite Prior Gross Misconduct
...contracts denying an employee the right to receive a PILON if they are subsequently discovered to have committed an act of gross misconduct.
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Drafting Error in Non-Compete Clause Corrected by High Court
...contracts always need to be drafted carefully. They should be no wider than is necessary to protect the employer’s goodwill, trade connection, trade secrets or other confidential information and shoul...
HMRC updates its guidance on the coronavirus job retention scheme
...contracts Employers can furlough employees who are on fixed-term contracts and they can renew/extend their contracts during the furlough period without breaking the terms of the scheme Employees wit...
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Bank of England Consults on Extending Bonus Clawbacks
...contracts to enable them to claw back bonuses which have already vested. The Bank of England already has powers to require firms to claw back unvested bonuses. Under the proposals, bonuses could be c...
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Employment Status: Dentist was not a Worker
Employment Status: Dentist was not a Worker In Community Dental Centres Ltd v Sultan-Darmon the EAT found that the unfettered right of substitution (i.e. that if Dr Sultan-Darman could not work, he c...
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Self-dismissal by failure to respond
Self-dismissal by failure to respond Under normal circumstances, where employers decide to dismiss an employee, the decision and the reasons for the decision are communicated to the employee. However,...
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Historic Misconduct Justified Dismissal Despite Employer Looking for Reason to Dismiss
Historic Misconduct Justified Dismissal Despite Employer Looking for Reason to Dismiss An employer was entitled to summarily dismiss an employee when it discovered that he had forwarded a pornograph...
How to protect your business against a team move
...contracts. In team move situations, a relevant implied term for senior employees is the duty of fidelity. Essentially it means that the employee must serve their employer faithfully and ...
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Who owns the intellectual property created during employment?
...contracts and it therefore owned the copyright in the code he developed in the course of his employment. What did the court decide? The Judge agreed with MD5. Although none of the contracts be...