Contracts of employment

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Krishna Santra and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  HR's oral assurance over pay increase did not trump contract

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an entire agreement clause was effective in precluding reliance on a prior oral assurance given by HR that salary would increase by annual increments subject to satisfactory performance.

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  Employment law cases

  Racial harassment: Supreme Court allows illegal employee's discrimination claim to proceed

  The Supreme Court has held that the connection between an employee's immigration offences and the statutory civil wrong of discrimination is insufficiently close to prevent her from making a claim for pre-dismissal racial harassment.

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  Employment law cases

  Restrictive covenants: Poorly drafted unambiguous non-competition covenant was nonetheless binding

  In Prophet plc v Huggett [2014] IRLR 797 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an unambiguous non-competition covenant was binding even though, because the drafting was poorly thought through, it was "toothless" and the employee was free to take up employment with a competitor.

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  Employment law cases

  Drafting defect in restrictive covenant: Court of Appeal permits ex-employee to work for competitor

  The Court of Appeal has held that an employer was bound by the terms of a restrictive covenant in an employment contract that, on a literal reading, had the unintended result that an ex-employee was not restricted from working for a competitor.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer and Ed Gregory, Rosie Kight and Joanne Magill are associate solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Illegality did not prevent sex discrimination claim

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the fact that a claimant had worked under an illegal contract did not prevent her from claiming sex discrimination.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  FAQs

  Following a TUPE transfer, can the transferee change employees' terms and conditions that were incorporated from a collective agreement prior to the transfer?

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Colin Makin, Krishna Santra, Linda Quinn and Sandra Martins are senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues is an associate at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.