In This Issue:
- Update: Employment Law Reform post 6 April 2012
Unfair dismissal: the qualifying period for unfair dismissal has now increased from one to two years. This affects all employees whose employment started on or after 6 April 2012.
- TUPE: substantial change in working conditions
In Abellio London v CentreWest London Buses, the five claimants worked as bus drivers for CentreWest, which ran the 414 bus route from its Westbourne Park depot. This location suited the employees' personal circumstances. The route was transferred to a new company, Abellio, which intended to operate the route from its own depot in Battersea. The claimants objected to the new location because it added between one to two hours to their travelling time per day. As a consequence, the claimants resigned....
- TUPE: ETO Reason for Dismissal
In Meter U Ltd v Ackroyd, the employment tribunal considered whether a transferee could establish an economic, technical or organisational (ETO) defence to a TUPE related dismissal if the services provided by the employees are passed to franchised limited companies, following the transfer...
- Redundancy and Suitable Alternative Employment
In Samsung Electronics v Monte D'Cruz the EAT considered whether it was appropriate for employers to make subjective judgments when deciding whether to appoint redundant employees to alternative roles within the organisation....
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