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Employment Settlement Agreements – how to avoid the common pitfalls

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Settlement agreements are a pragmatic and effective tool in resolving workplace disputes. The employee benefits from financial support and a dignified exit, and the employer achieves a clean break. However, when used...more

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U.K. Employment Law Update: Impact of Lack of Appeal on Fairness of Redundancy Process, Dismissal for Assertion of a Statutory...

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Was a Redundancy Dismissal Unfair Because of Lack of Appeal? In Gwynedd Council v (1) Barratt (2) Hughes [2021] EWCA Civ 1322, the Court of Appeal (CA) considered whether an employer’s failure to give an employee an...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly - October 2021

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Our October 2021 update includes recent case developments with regard to whether a lack of an appeal renders dismissals unfair, the concept of “working time” under the Working Time Directive as well as less favourable...more

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Refusing to let employee appeal redundancy dismissal not inevitably unfair

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In Gwynedd Council v Barratt the UK Court of Appeal confirmed that a redundancy dismissal will not be unfair solely because an employer has not offered an employee a right to appeal. However, failing to offer an appeal...more

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Employment News: PCPs, NDAs, unfair dismissal

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Turning a blind eye – one-off act not a PCP - In Ishola v Transport for London the Court of Appeal confirmed that it was not a provision, criterion or practice to require an employee to return to work before a proper...more

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UK in 2019: That was the year that was!

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Well it’s been quite a year. Thank goodness it’s almost over! We started it (much as we have started every year since 2016) in a fog of uncertainty around Brexit. We have ended it at least knowing that the UK will be leaving...more

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The Recording of Meetings by Employees (and Employers)

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In this OnPoint, we report on a recent decision of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal on the issue of the covert recording by employees of meetings with their employer, and the legal and practical issues this highlights in...more

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UK Court Upholds Dismissal Based on Religious Employee’s Workplace Proselytising

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The Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom recently held that the dismissal of a nurse for improperly proselytising at work was fair (Kuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust)....more

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Employment News: Disability, Unfair Dismissal, Trade Unions

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Space invaders – parking policy relevant to reasonable adjustments claim - In Linsley v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs the EAT confirmed that the employer's parking policy should not have been...more

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Employment News: unfair dismissal

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Looking back – limited appeal investigation not unfair - It was not unfair for an employer to place limits on a disciplinary appeal investigation where the employee's representative had agreed to this, according to the EAT...more

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Old Facebook Comments Justified Dismissal

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In British Waterways Board v Smith UKEATS/0004/15/SM, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) examined whether an employer acted lawfully when dismissing an employee for gross misconduct due to remarks he had made on Facebook...more

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Introduction of Fees in UK Employment Tribunal Claims

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The Government has now announced the implementation date - Monday 29 July 2013 - for the introduction of the payment of fees in relation to Employment Tribunal claims. A claimant will be required to pay an “issue fee” on...more

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