Case report round-up: Clear words of dismissal could not be retracted
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- Information and consultation: £20,000 penalty for breach of the Regulations In Brown v G4 Security (Cheltenham) EAT/0526/09, the EAT imposed a penalty of £20,000 on an employer that failed to comply with its obligations under the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004. The number of affected employees has limited relevance in determining the gravity of the breach. (Employment Review)
- Dismissal: Clear words of dismissal could not be retracted In Willoughby v CF Capital plc EAT/0503/09, the EAT held that the employer could not retract clear words of dismissal that were accepted at face value by the employee. (Employment Review)
- Employer entitled to place employee on garden leave despite absence of express right In Christie v Johnston Carmichael EAT/0064/09, the EAT held that, despite the absence of an express garden leave clause, the employer was entitled to place the employee on garden leave, on the basis that the employee's contract of employment could not be construed as giving him the right to work. (Personnel Today)
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