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Asia: Mutual separations and exiting employees
HR practitioners and in-house counsel have often had to think about mutual separations as a way to 'exit' employees. This month, we take a look at some …
Australia: One size plaster cast does not fit all - Navigating the pitfalls of dismissing an injured or incapacitated worker
In brief Many employers will, at some point, be faced with the difficult task of terminating the employment of an employee who has been absent from …
UK: Acas Code only applies to dismissals with element of employee culpability
Employers who unreasonably fail to follow the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, where it applies to a …
UK: Reasonable expectation of privacy may not always apply to private communications
Employers may be able to rely on an employee's private phone communications to justify discipline or dismissal in some cases, as employees will not …
UK: Unfair dismissal - "taking a sickie" is gross misconduct
An employer can fairly dismiss for gross misconduct where it has a genuine and reasonable belief (after reasonable investigation) that an employee has …
UK: Discipline - raising non-urgent or trivial concerns while an employee is on stress-related sick leave may amount to constructive dismissal
Employers should consider carefully whether it is necessary to raise disciplinary concerns with an employee while they are absent on stress-related sick …
UK: Budget 2016 - key announcements for employment law
The 2016 Budget delivered by the Chancellor on 16 March includes the following: From April 2018, the Government will tighten the scope of the income …
UK: April 2016 changes - tribunal compensation limits, national minimum wage, and tribunal rules
From 6 April 2016, the cap on the unfair dismissal compensatory award will increase from £78,335 to £78,962 and the cap on weekly pay (used to …
UK: Tax on termination payments - injury to feelings payments are taxable
The Upper Tribunal has ruled that a payment in respect of injury to feelings due to a discriminatory dismissal is taxable in the same way as other …
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