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  Wiluszynski v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [1989] IRLR 259 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Pay and the employment contract: Employer need not pay for partial performance

    Date:

    11 July 1989

    An employee who is not ready and willing to perform all of his duties under his contract of employment is not entitled to be paid at all rules the Court of Appeal in Wiluszynski v London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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  Wincanton Ltd v (1) Cranny (2) SDM European Transport Ltd [2000] IRLR 716 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Restrictive covenants: Intrinsically self-limiting non-solicitation covenant was enforceable

    Date:

    1 September 2000

    In Wincanton Ltd v Cranny and another, the Court of Appeal holds that a non-solicitation covenant was, owing to its internal limitations, not too wide as to be unenforceable.

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  Wippel v Peek & Cloppenburg GmbH & Co KG [2005] IRLR 211 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Part-time workers: On demand contracts not discriminatory

    Date:

    10 December 2004

    In Wippel v Peek & Cloppenburg GmbH & Co. KG, the European Court of Justice holds that a worker working pursuant to a contract under which hours of work are dependent on the amount of work available and are determined only on a case-by-case basis by agreement between the employer and worker, is within the scope of the Equal Treatment Directive.

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  Withers v Perry Chain Co Ltd [1961] 1 WLR 1314 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Withers v Perry Chain Co Ltd

    Date:

    31 December 1961

    In Withers v Perry Chain Co Ltd [1961] 1 WLR 1314 CA, it was held that the employer was under no duty to dismiss or to refuse to employ an adult employee who wished to do a job merely because there might be some slight risk to the employee in doing the work.

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  Wolf v Stadt Frankfurt Am Main [2010] IRLR 244 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Age discrimination: Maximum age limit of 30 for recruitment as a firefighter does not breach Community age discrimination law

    Date:

    30 March 2010

    In Wolf v Stadt Frankfurt Am Main [2010] IRLR 244 ECJ, the ECJ held that the German Government's restriction on recruitment as a firefighter to those aged 30 or under does not give rise to age discrimination because it constitutes a proportionate "genuine and determining occupational requirement" in pursuit of a legitimate aim, within the meaning of art.4(1) of the Equal Treatment Framework Directive.

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  Wolstenholme v Refreshment Systems Ltd (t/a Northern Vending Services) [2004] All ER (D) 185 (Mar) 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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  Wood v Caledon Social Club Ltd and another EAT/0528/09 (1 report relating to this case)

  • TUPE: TUPE transfer arose despite temporary cessation of business

    Date:

    19 January 2011

    In Wood v Caledon Social Club Ltd and another EAT/0528/09, the EAT held that a TUPE transfer arose even though the business had temporarily ceased operating at the time of the transfer.

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  Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] IRLR 491 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Age discrimination: Decision on age grounds to issue dismissal notice to redundant employee prior to formal consultation was justified

    Date:

    26 September 2012

    In Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] IRLR 491 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the employer was justified in issuing a redundancy dismissal notice to an employee prior to formal consultation so as to avoid his remaining in its employment until his 50th birthday.

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  Woodward v Abbey National plc [2006] IRLR 677 CA (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Whistleblowing update

    Date:

    18 August 2006

    Legislation protecting whistleblowers was introduced seven years ago. This article reviews the legislation and considers some of the substantial body of case law arising out of it. It also looks at the components of an effective whistleblowing policy.

  • Public interest disclosures: Subjecting whistleblower to post-termination detriment may give rise to liability

    Date:

    18 August 2006

    In Woodward v Abbey National plc [2006] EWCA Civ 822 CA, the Court of Appeal held that statutory protection against being subjected to detriment for making a protected disclosure is not limited to the duration of the employment contract but extends to cover detriment imposed by an employer on its former employee.

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  Wrexham Golf Club Co Ltd v Ingham EAT/0190/12 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Restriction of redundancy pool to one employee must fall within "range of reasonable responses"

    Date:

    28 August 2012

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that, where the employer put an employee into a redundancy "pool of one" and did not consider the possibility of putting a wider pool of employees at risk of redundancy, the employment tribunal did not properly consider whether or not restricting the pool to one fell within the "range of reasonable responses".