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UK: Unfair dismissal - caution needed when relying on composite reasons for dismissal
Where an employer relies on more than one incident cumulatively to justify dismissal, the tribunal must assess whether dismissal was within the range of …
UK: Unfair dismissal - 'virtual' employee teleworking from overseas for UK business can bring claim here
Employers should bear in mind the scope for employees working abroad to bring claims here, even where it has been the employee's choice to …
UK: Disciplinary and grievance procedures: changes to Acas Code
In December 2013 Acas consulted on changes to its Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures to reflect the EAT ruling in Toal v GB Oils. …
Asia: Comparing employment laws across the region
We asked our lawyers to tell us three need-to-know employment law facts in Singapore, Hong Kong, PRC, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and Japan. The …
UK: Termination - dismissal for tweets from private account may be fair
It may be fair to dismiss an employee for posting offensive tweets on a personal Twitter account in the employee's own time, depending on the facts. In …
UK: Termination - need for careful drafting of dismissal letter highlighted
Employers should avoid attaching emotive labels when informing employees of the findings of disciplinary panels. The Court of Appeal in Brito-Babapulle v …
UK: Remuneration - deduction of training costs from final salary payment on termination could lead to breach of national minimum wage regulations
Deductions from a final salary payment to repay training costs can only be ignored when calculating whether the employee has received the national …
UK: Whistleblowing - normal jurisdictional test applies for unfair dismissal
The usual territorial limits for unfair dismissal claims apply to whistleblowing claims for automatically unfair dismissal or detriment, according to a …
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