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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to reflect an increase in the limits applying to employment tribunal awards, with effect from 6 April 2024.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to take into account the increase in the cap on a week's pay with effect from 6 April 2024.
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- Date:
- 20 February 2023
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- News
The backlog of employment tribunal cases continues to grow, with more than 50,000 cases awaiting a hearing or decision at the end of last year, figures show.
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- Editor's choice
Our employment tribunal round-ups bring together recent decisions on HR topics and provide practical tips for employers based on each case.
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- Date:
- 21 September 2022
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- Podcasts and webinars
Nick Chronias, partner in DAC Beachcroft's employment and pensions group discusses the steps employers can take to avoid industrial action and what obligations employers have once a ballot for industrial action has been successful among employees who are members of a trade union.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to include reference to a new practice direction and guidance on the use of witness statements in Scotland.
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- Employment law cases
We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that the mishandling of the disciplinary process rendered their dismissals unfair.
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- Date:
- 1 July 2022
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- Commentary and insights
As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.
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- Editor's choice
Our popular Policies and documents tool includes a selection of checklists to assist HR and line managers when holding some common meetings or hearings related to a number of key workplace processes.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Rentplus UK Ltd v Coulson, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employer cannot escape the requirements of the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" by disguising a dismissal for misconduct or poor performance as a redundancy.