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Employer Liability Issues Hiring & Firing Redundancy Dismissals

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UK Parliament Proposes Increased Penalties for Failure to Consult in a Collective Redundancy

The Employment Rights Bill has undergone significant amendments in March 2025 as it progresses through Parliament. Included in the amended bill are changes addressing redundancy and the controversial practice of “fire and...more

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Court of Appeal confirms scope of redundancy consultation

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The Court of Appeal in England and Wales has decided that employers do not have to conduct general workforce consultation for an individual redundancy dismissal to be fair. It overturns the EAT decision in De Bank Haycocks v...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: October 2023

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Our October update includes a significant Supreme Court decision on how to treat historic underpayments of holiday pay, a preliminary tribunal hearing on whether a belief in race equality that opposed critical race theory was...more

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UK HR two-minute monthly: April 2023

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Our April update includes cases on religious belief discrimination in the education sector, with a school chaplain preaching to pupils his views on same-sex marriage, a case considering whether the potentially disruptive...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: March 2023

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Our March update includes new cases on whether a “without prejudice” letter attaching a settlement agreement and referring to a termination by mutual agreement can be an effective dismissal letter, the role of written...more

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Making Redundancies in the UK

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With the number of UK redundancies during December 2022 having doubled compared to the same period during 2021 and a number of high-profile layoffs being announced daily, more businesses will likely have to make difficult...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: specific disclosure, voluntary redundancy/unfair dismissal, religious belief harassment and changes to...

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Our May update considers key employment law developments from April 2022. It includes an interesting case on specific disclosure requests, details about the future “road map” for employment tribunal proceedings, the new code...more

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The new Italian procedure to contrast offshoring and related dismissals

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The 2022 Italian Budget Law (law no. 234/2021) has introduced a new three-stages procedure in case of redundancies caused by the closing of activities, with the aim to discourage the so-called offshoring, meaning the...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: equal pay, redundancy, GDPR

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If it ain't broke – material factor still explained pay disparity after job evaluation - Employers have a defence to an equal pay claim if they can show that a difference in pay between an employee and their comparator is...more

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Questions and Answers Regarding Collective Redundancies in France

As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the French government implemented a very generous furlough system designed to protect companies and avoid redundancies, i.e., terminations of employees for economic reasons....more

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We are all in this together: navigating employment issues during COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented employment law challenges for both local and multinational corporations. Employers are making efforts to continue business whilst minimizing health risks for their employees. In...more

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COVID-19 – Key UK Employment Issues Guidance Note (Updated)

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Companies and their workforces are in unprecedented circumstances, with COVID-19 changing situations and advice on a frequent basis.  In this alert, we have set out below the key issues faced by employers across the UK and...more

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UK Announces COVID-19 Job Retention Scheme

The COVID-19 crisis has led to much uncertainty regarding continuing pay for employees who are unable to work from home, as well as overall job security, in the face of employers’ financial uncertainty....more

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Orrick's 101- Legal Q&A | Termination Of Employment

In Germany, employees enjoy rather strong protection against termination of employment. Additionally, there are some form requirements employers must observe. This Q&A two pager gives a basic overview of the termination...more

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HR Two Minute Monthly: disability discrimination; injury to feelings; unfair dismissal

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Our June update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on disability discrimination, injury to feelings and unfair dismissal for inappropriate promotion of religion. We also outline other points of...more

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U.K. Employment Law Update: Disability Discrimination, ‘Bumping' in a Redundancy Situation and Service Provisions Changes Under...

Court of Appeal: Disability Discrimination & Reasonable Adjustments - In United First Partners Research v Nicolas Carreras [2018] EWCA Civ 323 the Court of Appeal considered whether an expectation (rather than a...more

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Employment news - March 2018 #2

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Weekly newsletter on employment matters. In this weeks issue: - Ask the question – employee not necessarily required to suggest bumping... - I work from 9 to 5 – no injury to feelings compensation for breach of...more

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Collective Redundancy Consultation: European Court Judgment is Good News for UK Employers

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Background - UK legislation provides that, when a UK employer proposes to make redundant 20 or more employees at one establishment within a period of 90 days or less, the employer is required to collectively consult...more

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