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UK: Appeal news- collective redundancy, calculation of holiday pay and commission
The appeal in the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy consultation obligations for multi-site employers has been listed …
UK: New resources
Our global EPI team has produced a guide to employee issues on a multi-jurisdiction business transfer, to assist our clients in meeting some of these …
UK: Enhanced redundancy pay - risk of age discrimination claims
Employers should carefully consider whether enhanced redundancy schemes paying more to older workers can be justified. The ECJ has ruled that a Danish …
France: Proposed additional obligations to seek a buyer before closing a site
A proposed new law is being considered in France that would impose significant new obligations and potential costs/delays on large employers wishing to …
UK: EAT gives leave to appeal decision on multi-site collective redundancy consultation
It has been confirmed that the EAT has granted the Government permission to appeal its decision in the Woolworths case that the obligation to …
UK: BIS seeks leave to appeal Woolworths judgment on multi-site redundancies
It has been confirmed that the Government is seeking leave to appeal the Woolworths decision that the obligation to inform and consult for …
UK: Disability discrimination - limit to duty to automatically appoint redundant disabled employee to vacancy
Previous case law has established that, when a disabled employee becomes unable to carry out their current role, the duty to make reasonable …
UK: Redundancy selection - use of historical performance data for employee on leave permitted
Employers making redundancies from a selection pool including employees on maternity leave or other prolonged family leave should ensure that identical …
UK: EAT ruling on multi-site collective redundancies published
Last month saw reports of a significant EAT ruling that the obligation to inform and consult for collective redundancies applies whenever an employer …
UK: Failure to inform and consult - maximum award not appropriate for technical breach over election of representatives, nor where urgency due to insolvency
The EAT has reduced an award for failure to inform and consult on a TUPE transfer from seven weeks' pay to three weeks' pay, where the employer had …
UK: Multi-site collective redundancies - EAT ruling extends application of consultation obligations
It has been reported that the EAT has ruled that the obligation to inform and consult for collective redundancies applies whenever an employer proposes …
UK: Care needed when using pre-existing employee body for collective redundancy consultation
Employers contemplating using an existing employee consultative body for collective redundancy consultation, rather than organising elections for ad hoc …
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