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  Kamal v Wakefield Health Authority [1994] IT/29829/94 (1 report relating to this case)

  • No time limit on part-time workers' claims

    Date:

    1 September 1994

    In Kamal v Wakefield Health Authority a Leeds industrial tribunal (Chair: J Prophet) has ruled that until new legislation has been enacted, there is no time limits on claims brought under Article 119 of the EC Treaty based on the decision of the House of Lords that the hours-per-week qualifying thresholds under the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act are incompatible with EC law.

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  Kanapathiar v Harrow London Borough Council [2003] IRLR 571 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Points of procedure: part 2

    Date:

    16 April 2004

    The second of our two-part feature on noteworthy decisions in practice and procedure at the employment tribunals and EAT looks at bias, the right to a fair hearing and a range of other issues.

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  Kapadia v London Borough of Lambeth [2000] IRLR 14 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Disability discrimination: Attested reactive depression was a disability

    Date:

    15 September 1999

    An employee diagnosed as suffering from reactive depression was a "disabled person" within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, holds the EAT in Kapadia v London Borough of Lambeth.

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  Kaur v MG Rover Group Ltd [2005] IRLR 40 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Contracts of employment: 'No compulsory redundancy' agreement merely aspirational

    Date:

    11 February 2005

    In Kaur v MG Rover Group Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that a provision in a collective agreement saying there would be no compulsory redundancies was no more than an aspirational statement and could not be incorporated into individual contracts of employment.

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  Keane v Investigo and others EAT/0389/09 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Age discrimination: Job application must be genuine for complaint of detriment or disadvantage

    Date:

    13 April 2010

    In Keane v Investigo and others EAT/0389/09, the EAT held that an experienced accountant who applied for jobs aimed at recently qualified accountants that she did not genuinely want was unable to complain of having suffered any disadvantage when she was not put forward for them.

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  Keeley v Fosroc International Ltd [2006] IRLR 961 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Contracts of employment: Enhanced redundancy payment provision in staff handbook had contractual effect

    Date:

    3 April 2007

    In Keeley v Fosroc International Ltd [2006] IRLR 961, the Court of Appeal held that a provision for enhanced redundancy payments set out in a staff handbook that was incorporated into the employment contract constituted an express term of the individual contract of employment, thus conferring a contractual right to the payment.

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  Kerr v The Sweater Shop (Scotland) Ltd; The Sweater Shop (Scotland) Ltd v Park [1996] IRLR 424 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Deductions from wages: Individual notification of term authorising deductions required

    Date:

    1 October 1996

    The posting in a factory of a notice which stated that accrued holiday pay would not be given to employees dismissed for gross misconduct did not amount to the requisite written notification to the workers of a contractual term authorising a deduction from their wages, holds the EAT in (1) Kerr v The Sweater Shop (Scotland) Ltd (2) The Sweater Shop (Scotland) Ltd v Park.

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  Kerry Foods Ltd v Creber and others [2000] IRLR 10 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Transfer of undertakings: Dismissal by reason of transfer precludes finding of "ETO" reason

    Date:

    1 January 2000

    The principal reason for the dismissal of a transferor's employees, purportedly on the grounds of redundancy, was the impending transfer of the undertaking, holds the EAT in Kerry Foods Ltd v Creber and others.

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  Kerry Foods Ltd v Lynch [2005] IRLR 680 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Constructive dismissal: Lawful termination not a breach of trust and confidence

    Date:

    30 September 2005

    In Kerry Foods Ltd v Lynch, the EAT holds that the tribunal had erred in finding that the claimant was constructively dismissed. Giving lawful notice cannot of itself constitute a breach of the implied term of trust and confidence. The employee had resigned prematurely.

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  Kesar v (1) British Red Cross (2) Refugee Council [1994] IT/4714/94 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Refusal to use non-Muslim interpreters for Bosnian Muslims lawful

    Date:

    1 March 1995

    The failure to offer a non-Muslim Bosnian a work experience placement with Bosnian Muslim refugees was discrimination on grounds of religion and thus not unlawful, rules a Reading industrial tribunal (Chair: J G Hollow) in Kesar v (1) British Red Cross (2) Refugee Council.