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UK: New resources for employers on facial disfigurement, epilepsy, dementia, holiday pay, right to work checks
Charity Changing Faces has published guidance to assist employers with handling the issue of facial disfigurement. It advises that employers should …
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: Higher standard of investigation may be required where contractual discretion to decide facts
Where an employer had a contractual discretion to decide whether an employee had committed suicide (and therefore whether his widow would receive death …
UK: Non-discriminatory decision lawful despite being based on 'tainted information'
Where a decision to dismiss is based on 'tainted information' (supplied to the decision-maker with discriminatory intent), but the decision-maker has no …
UK: Employment law proposals in Queen's Speech
The Queen's Speech on 27 May included a number of employment law reforms: Unionised employers will welcome proposals to require a higher turnout of …
UK: Zero hours and national minimum wage changes in force 26 May
Two employment provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 came into force on 26 May 2015: The ban on exclusivity clauses in …
Australia: Full Bench in Aurizon turns tide on enterprise agreement terminations
In brief A recent decision of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has overturned previous authority and rejected the notion that it will …
EU: Trade Secrets Directive slowly progresses through European Parliament
The EU "Trade Secrets Directive" is gradually making its way through the European Parliament. The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) has yet to adopt a …
UK: Whistleblowing "public interest" requirement is low hurdle for workers
Whistleblowing law was amended in June 2013 to make protection conditional on the worker holding a reasonable belief that disclosure was in the "public …
UK: New HSF resources
Litigation blog post on a Court of Appeal ruling refusing to set aside a settlement agreement on the basis of new evidence indicating that the …
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: Employer appeals tribunal ruling that commission must be reflected in statutory holiday pay
As expected, the employment tribunal in Lock v British Gas Trading has confirmed that words can be written into the Working Time Regulations to …
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