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- Date:
- 20 October 2006
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Willow Oak Developments Ltd t/a Windsor Recruitment v Silverwood and others [2006] IRLR 607 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that a refusal to sign post-employment restrictive covenants can amount to a potentially fair reason for dismissal. However, the tribunal was entitled to find that the way in which the employer had sought to impose the change was procedurally unfair.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 10 October 2006
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In McLean v Rainbow Homeloans Ltd [2007] IRLR 14 EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employee was unfairly dismissed for asserting a statutory right when he refused to work extra hours that would have been a breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
A table listing the "relevant date" for the purpose of determining whether or not an employee has the right to a redundancy payment.
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- Date:
- 30 August 2006
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In ABC News Intercontinental Inc v Gizbert EAT/0160/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that there was sufficient mutuality of obligation for a contract of employment to exist where an individual had an implied duty to consider in good faith whether to accept or refuse work.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 4 August 2006
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Vauxhall Motors Ltd v Transport and General Workers Union EAT/0657/05, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that where an employer commences consultation in compliance with the statutory requirements, but no redundancies take place until a much later date, no fresh compliance will be required if meaningful consultation has continued during the interim period.
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- Date:
- 21 July 2006
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Secession Ltd t/a Freud v Bellingham EAT/0069/05, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that the tribunal was entitled to imply a term to the effect that an employee with no written contract had the right to be paid in full during periods of sickness absence.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: constructive dismissal compensation; and injury to feelings awards.
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- Date:
- 19 May 2006
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Diosynth Ltd v Thomson [2006] IRLR 284 CS, the Court of Session has made it clear that an employer is not entitled to take into account expired disciplinary warnings in making disciplinary decisions in respect of employees