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Australia: Anti-social media: Linfox Full Bench sets a framework for assessing misuse
The Full Bench of Fair Work Australia has dismissed Linfox’s appeal against the reinstatement of an employee who was terminated …
Spain: Sick leave during holidays
The Spanish Supreme Court has declared (in its decision dated 3 October 2012) that an employee on sick leave – when this occurs during his/her holidays …
UK: Government announces new employment status: "employee owners"
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, announced plans to allow companies to offer shares to new hires in exchange for surrendering …
UK: New national minimum wage rates
From 1 October 2012 the national minimum wage hourly rate for workers aged 21 and over increases to £6.19, the hourly rate for workers aged 18-20 and …
Spain: Judicial control of grounds for dismissal (individual or collective)
In relation to judicial control over the grounds for dismissal, Labour Court 3 of Pamplona, in a decision rendered on 27 September 2012, rejected the …
UK: Employment law reform - consultations on settlements, unfair dismissal compensation and tribunal rules
The Government's position on a number of employment law reform proposals became a little clearer this month with the announcement of two new …
UK: Employment law reform - response to call for evidence on TUPE
The Government Response on the effectiveness of TUPE has been published. It highlights the areas of concern raised by various stakeholders and …
UK: Employment law reform - response to call for evidence on dismissal
The Government Response on the call for evidence on dismissal has been published and confirms that: the "no fault dismissal" idea floated in the …
UK: Partners - LLP members are not "workers" protected from whistleblowing detriment
The Court of Appeal has ruled that LLP members are not "workers" able to claim for detriment for whistleblowing, overturning an EAT decision reported …
UK: TUPE - changes to terms against background of redundancies not for ETO reason
The fact that a harmonisation of employment terms takes place against a backdrop of possible redundancies does not necessarily mean that the employer can …
UK: TUPE - some employees may be excluded from transfer of single client service
Some employees may be left behind with a transferor contractor when a service is taken back in house by a client, even if the contractor only provided …
Legislative proposals: working hours
The deadline for the European social partners to reach an agreement on proposed changes to EU working time rules has been extended from September to 31 …
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