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- Date:
- 28 August 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that, where the employer put an employee into a redundancy "pool of one" and did not consider the possibility of putting a wider pool of employees at risk of redundancy, the employment tribunal did not properly consider whether or not restricting the pool to one fell within the "range of reasonable responses".
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- Date:
- 14 August 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employer was in fundamental breach of contract when it indicated to an employee on long-term sick leave its settled intention to reduce his sick pay by 50%, which was in breach of a collective agreement.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 1 August 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the employment tribunal was entitled to find that an employee was not constructively dismissed when he resigned after his manager unjustly took disciplinary action against him that was dropped after a swift and fair-minded investigation.
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- Date:
- 18 July 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that OFCOM was entitled, in dismissing an employee, to rely on an official disclosure that he presented a risk to children and consider the potential reputational damage if the allegations against him were true.
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- Date:
- 5 July 2012
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has affirmed the employment tribunal's decision that an employee, who was dismissed because of the employer's downturn in work and consequent reduction in the hours to be worked, was dismissed by reason of redundancy, even though there was no reduction in the employees required.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Georgina Kyriacou and David Malamatenios are partners and Sandra Martins, Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to inform an employee of the outcome of a redundancy appeal hearing where the employer offers an appeal stage in its redundancy process.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to invite an employee to a redundancy appeal hearing where the employer offers an appeal stage in its redundancy process.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Sinead Jones is an associate, and Phil Dupres and Beckie Howlett are trainee solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard. They round up the latest rulings.