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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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- Type:
- How to
Updated to highlight risks associated with the use of automated decision-making in redundancy selection.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model checklist to set out the process for conducting a performance dismissal appeal hearing.
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- Type:
- How to
Practical guidance for HR on measures that some employers may be able to take to avoid redundancies due to economic conditions; including reducing hours, redeploying staff and options for making longer-term efficiencies.
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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.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the actions of the employer led to successful unfair constructive dismissal claims.
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- Type:
- Survey analysis
XpertHR's labour turnover survey report presents the latest data on voluntary resignation and total turnover rates, and looks at levels of redundancies.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at five recent cases in which employers have been found to have discriminated against employees who were pregnant or on maternity leave.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a tribunal's decision that the employee's dismissal for refusing to return to the workplace because of concerns about the pandemic was not automatically unfair for a health and safety reason.
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- Date:
- 10 May 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Government has said that it intends to publish a new statutory code of practice on "fire and rehire". Consultant editor Darren Newman asks whether the code would be sufficient to clamp down on unscrupulous employers that want to impose new terms and conditions on staff through dismissal and reengagement.