Payments on termination

New and updated

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  Interactive flowcharts

  Death of a worker: Respond to notification of the death of a worker

  Use this death of a worker flowchart to deal with the administrative, legal and practical steps that an employer must consider and undertake when it is notified that one of its workers has died.

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  Employment law guide

  Notice and pay in lieu of notice

  Enhanced to include additional information on pay during the statutory notice period.

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  How to

  How to respond to the death of an employee

  Practical guidance on the steps that employers should take in relation to the death of an employee.

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  Employment law cases

  Social media misconduct: Dismissal without notice pay leads to wrongful dismissal

  In Atherton v Bensons Vending Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a small employer fairly dismissed an employee who made a personal attack on the managing director on Facebook. However, the claimant's wrongful dismissal was upheld because the employer could not show that his behaviour was so serious that it was entitled to dismiss him without notice pay.

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  How to

  How to make a payment in lieu of notice

  Updated to reflect changes to the rules on taxation of payments in lieu of notice from 6 April 2018.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter responding to employee's resignation confirming payment in lieu of notice

  A model letter responding to an employee's resignation confirming payment in lieu of notice.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming termination date and final payments to employee who has resigned

  A model letter to confirm a resigning employee's termination date and set out their final payments.

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  FAQs

  If an employer pays an employee in lieu of notice, is the payment taxable?

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  Employment law guide

  Final payments

  The law on final payments, including accrued salary and holiday pay, P45 obligations, and dealing with the return of property.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer, Iain Naylor, Lucy Sorell and Rachael Wake are associates, and Jessica-Alice Curtis is a trainee solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.