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- Date:
- 28 February 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has held that an employer in the financial sector that poached staff from a rival could not enforce dishonestly obtained forward contracts with employees who later decided not to move.
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- Date:
- 13 January 2011
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has held that employment tribunals do not have jurisdiction to construe contractual terms and conditions contained or referred to in written statements of particulars of employment.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This case is a reminder to employers of the dangers of making fundamental changes to an employee's job when attempting to cut costs during a business downturn.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
The industrial tribunal in Northern Ireland has awarded over £40,000 for unfair dismissal to an employee who resigned after his employer breached his contract of employment on numerous occasions.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Ceri Hughes, David Parry, and Carly Mather, associates at Addleshaw Goddard, detail the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 24 November 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Manchester College v Cocliff EAT/0035/10, the EAT held that an employment tribunal erred when it decided that there had been less favourable treatment on grounds of fixed-term status because it had found that any difference in terms was not objectively justifiable. Tribunals should first consider whether or not any less favourable treatment is on grounds of fixed-term status. Only if the answer is yes should they move on to consider the defence of objective justification.
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- Type:
- Contract clauses
A model contract clause setting out terms relating to job duties.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by Thomas Eggar LLP, covers constructive dismissal following a TUPE transfer.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employment tribunal has found that an individual employed on three consecutive fixed-term contracts over almost a decade is a permanent employee, in a case that has significance for employers in sectors that regularly employ staff for a fixed term, such as teaching, IT and construction.