Employment Notes
Tag: notice
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UK: Termination - payment in lieu of notice payable despite subsequently discovered gross misconduct
Employers should review any precedent payment in lieu of notice (PILON) clauses and compromise agreement wording to ensure that any payment will not be …
UK: Termination - effective from date resignation letter received at employer
Where an employee sends a letter resigning with immediate effect, the effective date of termination (for calculating tribunal claims limits and …
UK: Statutory default retirements - notices invalid if fail to refer to statutory provision
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that employer notices to retire employees under the old statutory default retirement age regime given prior to 6 April …
UK: Withdrawal of notice not permitted simply because of mistake
An employer cannot unilaterally withdraw a notice of termination simply because it mistakenly expected the employee to agree to proposed new terms …
UK: Termination - employers should not describe notice pay as "ex gratia"; notice runs from day after receipt
A recent EAT case highlights the importance of taking care when drafting termination letters and, ideally, of obtaining a statutory compromise agreement …
UK: Statutory default retirements - pre-6 April notices may be invalid
Employers who gave notice to retire employees under the old statutory default retirement age regime in the months running up to 6 April may be in for a …
UK: Termination - making of PILON effective to terminate
Where a contract expressly provides that it can be terminated immediately by making a payment in lieu of notice, the making of the payment is sufficient …