Latest EAT Judgments- Bivonas LLP & Ors v Bennett (Sexual Orientation Discrimination or Transexualism) [2011] UKEAT 0254_11_3101 (31 January 2012)
- Odukwe v The Partners of Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers (Jurisdictional Points : 2002 Act and pre-action requirements) [2012] UKEAT 0547_10_2701 (27 January 2012)
- Amin v Wincanton Group Ltd (Jurisdictional Points : 2002 Act and pre-action requirements) [2011] UKEAT 0508_10_2501 (25 January 2012)
- Roberts v North West Ambulance Service (Disability Discrimination : Reasonable adjustments) [2011] UKEAT 0085_11_2401 (24 January 2012)
- O' Cathail v Transport For London (Practice and Procedure : Case Management) (Rev 1) [2011] UKEAT 0247_11_1301 (13 January 2012)
- Scottish Ambulance Service v Truslove & Anor (Working Time Regulations) [2012] UKEAT 0028_11_1201 (12 January 2012)
- Collins v Club 24 Ltd (t/a Ventura) (Victimisation Discrimination) [2012] UKEAT 0028_11_1201 (12 January 2012)
- Vetco Gray UK Ltd v Garden (Unfair Dismissal : Reasonableness of dismissal) [2012] UKEAT 0025_11_1101 (11 January 2012)
- Simpson v Strathclyde Police & Anor (Practice and Procedure : Imposition of Deposit) [2012] UKEAT 0030_11_1001 (10 January 2012)
- Mustafa v Guy's And St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust (Practice and Procedure : Striking-out or dismissal) [2011] UKEAT 0516_11_2212 (Rev 1) (22 December 2011)
Category Archives: Contracts of Employment
Heat of the moment – withdrawing a dismissal or resignation
In Kwik-Fit (GB) Limited v Lineham [1992] IRLR 156 Wood J said: “Words may be spoken or actions expressed in temper or in the heat of the moment or under extreme pressure (“being jostled into a decision”) and indeed the … Continue reading
Posted in Contracts of Employment, Unfair Dismissal
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Express your personality
…if you want your legal personality to be an express term. Employers should note the cautionary tale of Mr & Mrs McVeigh, who appealed to the EAT on a tribunal’s determination that they personally were the employers of their dismissed … Continue reading
Sir Fred’s pension – protected by Human Rights?
Most lawyers felt unease as they watched Harriet Harman tell Andrew Marr that: Sir Fred should not be counting on being £650,000 a year better off as a result of this because it’s not going to happen. The Prime Minister … Continue reading
Posted in Contracts of Employment, Rambling
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Discretionary bonuses for bankers could still be payable
There has been much outcry over whether or not bank employees will receive their bonuses this year, especially those at bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB. The government claims it is intending to halt almost all “discretionary bonuses” … Continue reading
Posted in Contracts of Employment
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Lying on your CV
The One Show had a feature today on CV falsehoods – reckoning that as vacancies disappear applicants will become more willing to embellish their accomplishments. You can watch it for the next 7 days on BBC iPlayer here, and that … Continue reading
Posted in Contracts of Employment, Recruitment
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Working time opt-out at death’s door once more
Personnel Today reports on the alarm expressed by businesses on the European Parliament’s vote to end the maximum working week opt-out. The statistics quoted are telling enough as to how its end would effect the UK workforce – around 1 … Continue reading
Agency workers gain employment rights
Agency workers in the UK currently have few rights, as they are not employees under employment legislation. The chief remedy from which this bars them is that of unfair dismissal – there have been some well known cases involving workers … Continue reading
Posted in Contracts of Employment
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Sick pay and benefits shake-up
From tomorrow – Monday 27th October – agency workers and those on fixed term contracts of less than three months will gain entitlement to statutory sick pay, something with which they’d previously had to live without. Also, income support and … Continue reading
Posted in Absence, Contracts of Employment
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On-call time – Minimum Wage & Working Time Regulations
This blog is getting a little minimum wage-centric at the moment, but there’s a recent EAT case that re-emphasises what must, by now, be well settled law. Mrs Hughes worked in a care home, which provided her with a flat … Continue reading
Director / shareholder status claims stayed
All Employment Tribunal claims depending on the status of majority shareholders / directors are being stayed until the Court of Appeal gives its judgment in Secretary of State for BERR v Neufeld. My prediction is that the court will uphold the … Continue reading
Posted in Contracts of Employment, Status
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