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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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- 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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- Date:
- 10 May 2022
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- 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.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Long v British Gas Trading Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the selection for redundancy of a part-time employee who was the mother of young children was sex discrimination, less favourable treatment because of part-time working and an unfair dismissal.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Enhanced to include additional information on the types of support that are of value to exiting employees.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Enhanced to include additional information on the factors to consider when selecting an outplacement provider.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Enhanced to include additional information on alternative sources of assistance for exiting employees.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Enhanced to include additional information on the importance of assisting exiting employees.
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- Date:
- 14 March 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2022. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay, and the end of HMRC's IR35 enforcement "grace period".