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UK: Employment law reforms - April 2012 government plans confirmed, new proposals and calls for evidence
The last month has seen a raft of government proposals for changes to employment laws. Details were included in a speech made by the Business …
UK: Collective redundancy - employees cannot bring representative claims for protective awards
Employees who bring a claim for failure to inform and consult on collective redundancies (eg, where there are no trade union or employee representatives) …
UK: Redundancy scores - EAT confirms that inflating score of woman on maternity leave may be unlawful
When scoring redundancy candidates against selection criteria based on performance, it may be unlawful to use a period when the woman is on leave and …
UK: TUPE - moderation not required in post-transfer redundancy selection
It may not be necessary for a TUPE transferee to attempt to moderate redundancy scores given by managers of the original and transferred workforces to …
UK: Restructuring - subjective assessment for appointment to new role
Where a group of otherwise redundant employees have applied for a newly created role, an employer is entitled to use its subjective judgment of who would …
UK: Tribunal awards - new limits from 1 February 2011
From 1 February 2011 the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal is £68,400 and the cap on a week's pay (used to calculate the unfair dismissal …
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