Employment law cases

Scally and others v Southern Health and Social Services Board and others [1991] IRLR 522 HL

Reports relating to this case:

  • Contracts of employment: Employer obliged to notify employees of contingent rights

    Date:
    15 January 1992

    In some circumstances, an employer is under an implied obligation to notify its employees of any rights which they have under their contracts of employment which are dependent upon them taking some sort of action, rules the House of Lords in Scally and others v Southern Health and Social Services Board and others.