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- Date:
- 8 August 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Przybylska v Modus Telecom Ltd EAT/0566/06 the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a tribunal was wrong to imply into a contract a term that the employer could carry out a review of the probationary period within a reasonable time of the expiry of the probationary period.
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- Date:
- 19 July 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Morrish v NTL Group Ltd [2007] CSIH 56 CS, the Court of Session has held that a pay in lieu of notice clause could not be implied into a contract of employment.
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- Date:
- 11 July 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Millam v The Print Factory (London) 1991 Ltd [2007] IRLR 526 CA, the Court of Appeal held that where the operation - as opposed to the ownership of a business - transferred to a new owner, TUPE applied notwithstanding that the business was acquired on a sale of shares.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by Allen & Overy, covers post-termination restraint clauses.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by Addleshaw Goddard, covers discretionary bonuses.
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- Date:
- 3 April 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
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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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by Lovells, covers restrictive covenants.
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- Date:
- 26 February 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Prakash v Wolverhampton City Council EAT/0140/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that where a fixed-term contractor's dismissal for misconduct was overturned by an appeal decided after the expiry date of the contract, the effect of the successful appeal was to reinstate the terms of the original contract. It could not extend the life of the contract beyond its expiry date.
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- Type:
- How to
Practical guidance on writing and amending an employee handbook, including incorporation into the employment contract and varying the contract.
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- Date:
- 12 January 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Helmet Integrated Systems Ltd v Tunnard and others [2007] IRLR 126 CA, the Court of Appeal has held that it was not a breach of contract or any fiduciary duties when an employee failed to inform his employer that he was taking preparatory steps to develop a product that was intended, following his resignation, to be marketed in competition with the employer.