On 27 January 2011, the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (‘DBIS’) published an “Employer’s Charter”. The Charter is a list of 11 things that DBIS says employers can do “as long as you act fairly and reasonably”, including:
• Making an employee redundant if your business takes a downward turn;
• Dismissing an employee for poor performance;
• Rejecting an employee’s flexible working request if there is a good business reason; and
• Asking an employee about their future career plans, including retirement.
We have included a link to the full Charter in the covering email to this Alert.
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