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UK: Tribunal fees - second judicial review challenge rejected
The High Court has rejected Unison's second judicial review claim challenging the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013. The court ruled …
UK: Race discrimination - 'race' may encompass caste
The EAT has confirmed that, although the Equality Act does not yet expressly include caste as a protected characteristic, it is included within the …
UK: Termination - dismissal for tweets from private account may be fair
It may be fair to dismiss an employee for posting offensive tweets on a personal Twitter account in the employee's own time, depending on the facts. In …
UK: Termination - need for careful drafting of dismissal letter highlighted
Employers should avoid attaching emotive labels when informing employees of the findings of disciplinary panels. The Court of Appeal in Brito-Babapulle v …
UK: Remuneration - deduction of training costs from final salary payment on termination could lead to breach of national minimum wage regulations
Deductions from a final salary payment to repay training costs can only be ignored when calculating whether the employee has received the national …
UK: Statutory holiday - workers have right to carry over where prevented from taking holiday for reasons not limited to sickness
Workers who have been unable or unwilling to take their statutory holiday entitlement for reasons beyond their control, including but not limited to …
UK: Whistleblowing - normal jurisdictional test applies for unfair dismissal
The usual territorial limits for unfair dismissal claims apply to whistleblowing claims for automatically unfair dismissal or detriment, according to a …
UK: Government acts to limit backdated holiday pay claims with effect from 1 July 2015
The government has laid regulations before Parliament to impose a two-year limitation on unlawful deductions from wages claims. The regulations come into …
France: Transfer of employees between group companies - an update
1. Previous practice Previously, transferring French employees to another group company (whether in France or overseas) with their …
Europe: ECJ rules that obese employees may be disabled
In a decision on 18 December 2014[1], the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recognised that obesity can, in certain circumstances, entail …
France: New provisions in relation to training entitlements of employees (in force from 1 January 2015)
With effect from 1 January 2015, new provisions are in force in France, entitling employees to accumulate, during their careers, an entitlement to …
UK: TUPE - impact of transfer on time limit for harassment claim
A transferee may face claims for pre-transfer harassment lodged more than three months after the transfer where the perpetrator continues to harass …
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