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UK: Disciplinaries - use of external consultants
Employers faced with disciplining a senior employee, or those with small workforces, may wish to use an external adviser for part of the disciplinary …
UK: Contracts - need for clear drafting on summary dismissal and flexi-hours
Two recent cases have highlighted the importance of clear drafting in employment contracts. In Robert Bates Wrekin Landscapes v Knight the contract …
UK: Disability - time limit for reasonable adjustment claim may be affected by employer's commitment to review decision
An EAT has ruled that, as the duty to make a reasonable adjustment for a disabled employee is a continuing duty, a failure to comply with that duty was a …
UK: Discrimination - Equality Act does prohibit post-employment victimisation
Following two conflicting EAT decisions last year (see here), the Court of Appeal has now ruled that the Equality Act should be read as prohibiting …
UK: Tribunal fees - judicial review application; recoupment of fees from losing employer
Unison's challenge to the introduction of tribunal fees has been dismissed by the High Court, in large part because it was brought too early before …
UK: Implementation dates - flexible work and shared parental leave, employer penalties, rehabilitation periods, abolition of statutory sick pay recoupment
According to a BIS Press Office tweet, the proposed extension to the right to request flexible working to all employees with six months' employment …
UK: Tribunals - new compensation limits from April 2014
From 6 April 2014, the cap on the unfair dismissal compensatory award will increase from £74,200 to £76,574 and the cap on weekly pay (used to calculate …
UK: Early conciliation - details and implementation date confirmed
Commencement orders have confirmed that the mandatory period for Acas early conciliation of potential tribunal claims will apply to claims lodged from 6 …
UK: Women on Boards: Voluntary Code for Executive Search Firms – March 2014 Review
In a review of the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search firms, published on 4 March 2014, Charlotte Sweeney considers whether the Code …
France: Loi Florange - new obligation to actively seek a buyer for a site before closure, where closure will result in redundancies
The French Parliament has now definitively passed the "Florange" law, which was a campaign promise of President Hollande. Whilst initially the …
Hong Kong: New rights for working fathers
The Employment (Amendment) Bill 2014, proposing to legislate paternity leave in Hong Kong, has been gazetted today, 28 February 2014. The Bill …
Australia: Sham contracting – is it worth a $50,000 fine?
In brief The Federal Circuit Court recently ordered a company to pay penalties of $47,520 for its contravention of the sham contracting provisions of …
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