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  Brunnhofer v Bank der Österreichischen Postsparkasse AG [2001] IRLR 571 ECJ (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Equal pay: case law update

    Date:

    2 March 2007

    This article looks at some of the significant judgments in the area of equal pay over the past year and their implications.

  • Equal pay: Objective justification for unequal pay

    Date:

    15 September 2001

    In Brunnhofer v Bank der osterreichischen Postsparkasse AG1 the European Court of Justice rules that in comparing the pay of men and women for the purposes of an equal pay claim, the fact that the employees concerned are classified in the same job category under a collective agreement is not in itself sufficient to lead to a conclusion that they perform the same work or work of equal value.

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  Buckland v Bournemouth University Higher Education Corporation [2010] IRLR 445 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Constructive dismissal: Repudiatory breach cannot be "cured" to prevent constructive dismissal claim

    Date:

    5 May 2010

    In Buckland v Bournemouth University Higher Education Corporation [2010] EWCA Civ 121 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the "range of reasonable responses" test has no place in a tribunal's determination of whether or not there was a repudiatory breach of contract by the employer and constructive dismissal. It also held that such a breach cannot be "cured", so as to prevent the innocent party accepting the breach.

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  Bull and another v Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority; Lincolnshire County Council v Fire Brigades Union and others [2007] All ER (D) 372 (Feb) CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Bull and another v Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority; Lincolnshire County Council v Fire Brigades Union and others

    Date:

    20 March 2007

    In Bull and another v Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority; Lincolnshire County Council v Fire Brigades Union and others [2007] All ER (D) 372 (Feb) CA, the Court of Appeal has held that it is not part of fire-fighters' normal contractual duties under a collective agreement to go to accidents and emergencies that would normally be dealt with by ambulance crews.

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  Bull v Pitney Bowes Ltd [1966] 2 All ER 384 HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • Bull v Pitney Bowes Ltd

    Date:

    31 December 1966

    In Bull v Pitney Bowes Ltd [1966] 2 All ER 384 HC, the High Court held that clauses in restraint of trade are void unless the employer can show that they are no more than is required to protect its interests, but even then, if the employee can show that the clause is contrary to the public interest, it remains void and unenforceable.

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  Bunce v Postworth Ltd t/a Skyblue [2005] IRLR 557 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Agency workers: Agency worker not employee of agency or end-user

    Date:

    24 June 2005

    In Bunce v Postworth Ltd (t/a Skyblue), the Court of Appeal holds that, in certain circumstances, there may be an umbrella agreement governing the relationship between a worker and an employment agency, alongside individual, separate contracts in respect of specific assignments for the agency's clients.

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  Bungay and others v Saini and others EAT/0331/10 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Members of board jointly and severally liable for religious discrimination

    Date:

    5 October 2011

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has found that two members of a board were jointly and severally liable for unfair dismissal and religious discrimination, the compensation for which could include aggravated damages arising out of their post-employment conduct. 

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  Bunning v G T Bunning and Sons Limited [2005] EWCA Civ 104 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Constructive dismissal: Failure to conduct proper risk assessment can be repudiatory breach

    Date:

    28 October 2005

    In Bunning v G T Bunning & Sons Ltd, the Court of Appeal holds that the tribunal was correct to find the employer in breach of its obligation to carry out a risk assessment for a pregnant worker under reg.16 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

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  Burlo v Langley and another [2007] IRLR 145 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Unfair dismissal compensation: Norton Tool not general authority for awarding more than actual loss

    Date:

    16 February 2007

    In Burlo v Langley and another [2006] EWCA Civ 1778 the Court of Appeal holds that an employee's compensation for lack of notice was restricted to her actual loss where she would have been in receipt of statutory sick pay during the notice period.

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  Burns v Consignia plc (No.2) [2004] IRLR 425 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Points of procedure

    Date:

    26 November 2004

    A review of recent significant cases on practice and procedure in the employment tribunals, EAT and Court of Appeal.

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  Burrett v West Birmingham Health Authority [1994] IRLR 7 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Sex discrimination: Cap requirement not discriminatory

    Date:

    1 January 1994

    In Burrett v West Birmingham Health Authority the EAT upholds an industrial tribunal's decision that a female nurse, disciplined for refusing to wear a starched linen cap which male nurses did not have to wear, was not treated less favourably on grounds of sex.