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UK: Victimisation - dismissal for making multiple discrimination grievances unlawful
Where an employee makes repeated allegations of discrimination which the employee believes to be true but which the employer considers unfounded, …
UK: Employment law reforms - updates to 2013 timetable
The new protection for pre-termination negotiations introduced by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act will come into force on 29 July 2013. This …
Australia: Fair Work Amendment Act 2013 - Summary of Amendments
On 4 April 2013, Herbert Smith Freehills published a summary of the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013 (Cth) (Bill), which proposed a number of changes to the …
UK: Unfair dismissal - employers should follow Acas Code on discipline where conduct or performance issues lead to a "SOSR" dismissal
Recent case law has highlighted risks for employers dismissing an employee for a breakdown in trust and confidence, for example where the employer is …
UK: Termination - final version of Acas Code on settlement agreement discussions
ACAS has published its response to consultation on a statutory Code of Practice on settlement agreements, and in particular on the new provision for …
UK: Post-employment victimisation is prohibited after all
The EAT has ruled that post-employment victimisation is unlawful, departing from its previous decision in Rowstock v Jessemy. (Onu v Akiwiwu) Such …
UK: Employment law reforms enacted
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill finished its passage through Parliament and received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013. BIS has also …
Vietnam: Amendments to Labour Code
Amendments to the Labour Code (the Code), which will take effect on 1 May 2013, provide increased protection for employees, whilst simultaneously …
UK: Employment law reforms - revised timetable
The Government has published revised timings for some of the employment law changes in the pipeline, available here. It appears that restricting …
Hong Kong: The legislative counsel proposes changes to employment law the result of which will make Hong Kong a little more "employee-friendly"
Hong Kong has traditionally been known as a relatively "employer-friendly" regime. Unless the employee is a protected employee (e.g. is pregnant or …
UK: Unfair dismissal: tribunals should not normally look behind a final written warning
It is reasonable for an employer to take a current, final written warning into account when dismissing for subsequent misconduct, provided it was issued …
UK: Redundancy: use of competency assessment as selection criterion was unfair
Selection for redundancy based mainly on performance in a competency assessment carried out by HR, without reference to past appraisals or input from …
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