Employment Notes
Tag: unfair dismissal
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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: Unfair dismissal - employer contribution to ill-health relevant to when it will be fair to dismiss
Two recent cases illustrate the need for employers to take into account their own contribution to an employee's ill-health when determining whether and …
UK: HR advice on disciplinary matters should be limited
HR should ensure that, when advising managers investigating or deciding on disciplinary matters, their advice is limited to matters of law and procedure, …
Australia: ‘Repair, not replacement’ - Productivity Commission releases draft report on workplace relations framework
The Productivity Commission has released its draft report on the workplace relations framework, as part of its inquiry into the current performance of …
UK: Unfair dismissal - dismissal for attending work smelling of alcohol was unfair given failure to follow policies
Employers seeking to dismiss for misconduct should consider carefully whether the behaviour properly falls within the category of gross misconduct and …
UK: TUPE transferee's duty to agree reasonable adjustments to role offered pre-transfer
Where a disabled employee of the transferor will be redundant on transfer due to relocation, the transferee should indicate a willingness to make …
UK: Peripatetic employee based abroad not entitled to bring statutory UK employment claims despite work here
Spending more time in England than any other country does not necessarily mean that a peripatetic employee can claim unfair dismissal here; the key …
UK: Employers cannot rely on previous warning given in bad faith to justify dismissal
Employers considering dismissal in reliance on a previous 'live' disciplinary warning should ensure that any allegations that the warning was given in …
UK: Legislative changes April 2015 - family-related leave, rates, Acas Code
The new shared parental leave and pay regime came into operation on 5 April 2015 (applying to parents of children expected to be born, or placed for …
UK: Unfair dismissal - in depth investigation of employee's explanations for misconduct will not always be necessary
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the requirement that an employer carry out a reasonable investigation into allegations of misconduct (in order for any …
UK: new tribunal compensation limits and statutory benefit rates from April 2015
From 6 April 2015, the cap on the unfair dismissal compensatory award will increase from £76,574 to £78,335 and the cap on weekly pay (used to calculate …
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 …
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