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- Date:
- 8 September 2009
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Metropolitan Resources Ltd v Churchill Dulwich Ltd (in liquidation) and others [2009] IRLR 700 EAT, the EAT held that, when determining whether or not there has been a service provision change within the meaning of the TUPE Regulations 2006, tribunals should consider if the activities carried out by the alleged transferee are essentially or fundamentally the same as those carried out by the alleged transferor.
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- Date:
- 27 July 2009
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd v Coutinho [2009] EWCA Civ 454 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employment tribunal had erred in law in refusing to accept a victimisation claim based on the respondent's failure to pay an award of compensation.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
A table setting out the time limits for bringing tribunal claims for a breach of parental rights.
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- Date:
- 8 April 2009
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal had held that there is no reason in principle why a director and controlling shareholder cannot also be an employee.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 21 January 2009
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment tribunal was not wrong to hold that a claim was out of time and there was no continuing act of discrimination. Nor was it wrong not to exercise its discretion to hear the claim on just and equitable grounds.
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- Date:
- 19 January 2009
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment tribunal did not have jurisdiction to hear claims against British Airways for non-payment of flying allowances to cabin crew who had not been able to fly because of an airport closure.
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- Date:
- 12 December 2008
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Ali v Birmingham City Council EAT/0313/08, the EAT held that an employee's unambiguous resignation was effective and could not be unilaterally withdrawn once it had been accepted by the employer. It is only in exceptional circumstances that words of resignation should not be taken at their face value
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- Date:
- 24 October 2008
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Tradition Securities and Futures SA v X and another EAT/0202/08, the EAT held that, where an employee of a French company had worked in Paris for three years before transferring to the company's London office for two years, and complained of unlawful sex discrimination throughout all five years of her employment, the employment tribunal had jurisdiction to hear only the complaints about her alleged treatment in London.
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- Date:
- 29 August 2008
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Haine and another v Day [2008] IRLR 642, the Court of Appeal held that a protective award made after the employer company went into liquidation in respect of its failure to consult before making collective redundancies was a provable, and therefore potentially recoverable, debt.