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• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Employee "blackmailed" into signing restrictive covenants was unfairly dismissed

  In Ward v Fiducia Comprehensive Financial Planning Ltd, an employment tribunal upheld a claim for constructive unfair dismissal, finding that the employer had put inappropriate and excessive pressure on the employee to agree to an extended restrictive covenant following his resignation.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How is the maximum amount of a week's pay set for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy pay?

• Date:

  15 October 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Labour turnover and sickness absence rates

  We discuss trends in labour turnover and sickness absence rates based on data gathered by XpertHR.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Settlement discussions admissible in pregnancy and maternity discrimination case

  In Stolk v Hunts Foodservice Ltd and another, an employment tribunal awarded the claimant £11,028 after finding that pre-termination negotiations were admissible as evidence of pregnancy and maternity discrimination.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Working time: Threat to dismiss was unlawful detriment

  In Pazur v Lexington Catering Services Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a kitchen porter had been subjected to a detriment when he was threatened with dismissal after he refused to return to work following a breach of his right to a rest break.

• Date:

  3 September 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Dismissal for poor attendance

  We discuss common issues associated with dismissal for long-term poor attendance recently highlighted in the EAT decision of Kelly v Royal Mail Group.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Constructive dismissal: Suspension breached implied term of trust and confidence

  In Upton-Hansen Architects Ltd v Gyftaki, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the tribunal decision that the employee's suspension was in breach of the implied term of trust and confidence. The employee was constructively dismissed and, in the absence of a potentially fair reason, the dismissal was unfair.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Unfair dismissal: Covertly recording meeting was not gross misconduct

  In Phoenix House Ltd v Stockman, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the tribunal decision that the covert recording of a confidential meeting was not a breach of the implied term of trust and confidence. The EAT gave guidance on the factors that may justify such a recording.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to affected employees initiating process for electing employee representatives (collective redundancy consultation)

  A model letter to start the process for electing employee representatives to inform and consult in a collective redundancy situation.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Electing employee representatives procedure (collective redundancy consultation)

  A model policy to set out the procedure for electing employee representatives in a collective redundancy situation.