Employment law cases

All items: End of employment

  • Unfair dismissal: Perceived commercial interest key to 'SOSR'

    Date:
    16 September 2005

    In Scott & Co v Richardson, the EAT holds that the employment tribunal failed to apply the correct tests to discover whether the employer had some other substantial reason for dismissing the employee and substituted its own view of the evidence, leading to the conclusion that the employer had no other substantial reason for dismissal.

  • Case round up

    Judith Harris of Addleshaw Goddard brings you a comprehensive update on the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and provides advice on what to do about them.

  • Unfair dismissal: Refusal to sign unreasonable restrictive covenant not fair reason for dismissal

    Date:
    12 August 2005

    In Forshaw and others v Archcraft Ltd, the EAT holds that the employment tribunal erred in holding that a dismissal for refusing to sign a contract of employment that contained an unreasonable restraint of trade clause was for "some other substantial reason".

  • Case round-up: Some other substantial reason

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering constructive dismissal for 'some other substantial reason'.

  • Holiday pay: No entitlement for those on more than 12 months' sick leave

    Date:
    10 June 2005

    In Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth and others, the Court of Appeal holds that workers absent through long-term sick leave who have exhausted their entitlement to sick pay are not entitled to four weeks' holiday pay when they have done no work during the leave year.

  • Case round-up: Constructive dismissal

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering constructive dismissal.

  • Case round up

    Karen Smith and Sophy Robinson of Addleshaw Goddard bring you a comprehensive update on the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and provide advice on what to do about them.

  • Collective redundancies: 'Proposing to dismiss' may include proposing to redeploy

    Date:
    29 April 2005

    In Hardy v Tourism South East, the EAT holds that a proposal to redeploy 26 employees on the closure of a regional office amounted to a plan to dismiss 20 or more employees and fell within s.188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

  • Case round-up: Unfair dismissal

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering unfair dismissal.

  • Collective redundancies: Consultation must precede notice of redundancy

    Date:
    15 April 2005

    In Junk v Kühnel, the ECJ holds that articles 2 to 4 of Directive 98/59/EC on collective redundancies must be construed as meaning that the event constituting "redundancy" is the declaration by the employer of its intention to terminate the employees' contracts of employment.

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