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UK: Queen’s Speech sheds light on new legislative framework
Jemima Coleman considers the next steps in the government’s proposed overhaul of employment legislation The article, first published in the Employment …
Mass redundancies in EMEA
Recent times have seen regular announcements of mass redundancies, more often than not from a company with global operations. These companies face the …
Spain: Constitutional challenge to Royal Decree Law 3/2012 of urgent measures to reform the employment market
On 16 April 2012, the Judge of Labour Court 30 of Madrid made a referral to the Constitutional Court to declare whether certain provisions of Royal …
UK: Banker's bonuses - ex-Dresdner bankers secure bonus victory based on oral promise at staff meeting
Financial institutions are well aware of the need for bonus schemes to be drafted very carefully to ensure discretions are not fettered …
UK: Handy client guide to privilege
Herbert Smith has published a client guide to legal professional privilege under English law, comprising: A decision tree: intended as a quick …
France: important Supreme Court decision - the absence of economic grounds will give rise to damages, but the dismissals will still be effective
The French Supreme Court today handed down an important decision for French employers considering collective redundancies. It held that in the …
UK: Age discrimination - Supreme Court tinkers with law on retirement ages
In Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes the Supreme Court has confirmed that employers need to give careful consideration when seeking to justify …
UK: Age discrimination - degree requirement needs to be justified
Employers should only impose requirements for job holders to have a degree if these can be justified. Where an employee was coming up to compulsory …
UK: Recruitment - failure to disclose information may shift burden of proof for discrimination claim
Employers can refuse to provide recruitment information to an unsuccessful job applicant who meets the advertised job criteria, but risk this being used …
UK: Rest breaks - no automatic unfair dismissal right where dismissed for sleeping
The dismissal of employees for sleeping at work was not an automatically unfair dismissal for 'refusing' to accept an employer's breach of working time …
UK: Termination - effective from date resignation letter received at employer
Where an employee sends a letter resigning with immediate effect, the effective date of termination (for calculating tribunal claims limits and …
UK: Statutory default retirements - notices invalid if fail to refer to statutory provision
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that employer notices to retire employees under the old statutory default retirement age regime given prior to 6 April …
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