Managing employees/workers
A model letter inviting an employee to attend a meeting to discuss a phased return to work following long-term sickness absence.
A model letter inviting an employee to attend a follow-up meeting to discuss a phased return to work following long-term sickness absence.
An Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee, not working in his employer's business because of health problems, but retained as an employee to receive permanent health insurance (PHI) payments, was not "assigned" to the organised grouping of employees for the purposes of a TUPE transfer.
A recent ruling in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) gives clarity about when an employee is "assigned" to an employer before a TUPE transfer. In his latest TUPE update, Dr John McMullen explains the ruling's implications for employers.
The High Court has held that an employer breached its implied duty of trust and confidence towards an employee who was not allowed to be accompanied at a disciplinary investigation by his choice of companion.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that procedural defects in an employee's dismissal for allegedly bullying a colleague who "unfriended" her on Facebook could be cured during the appeal stage.
In the first Scottish appellate decision on Facebook misconduct, the EAT has held that ordinary principles of law apply. The EAT held that the employment tribunal had erred in law and substituted its own views for those of the employer.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that there is nothing in agency workers laws to prevent employers from choosing permanent members of staff over agency workers for job vacancies.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that where an employee chooses not to take statutory annual leave during sick leave, he or she can carry forward the untaken annual leave for up to 18 months from the end of the leave year in which the leave arises.
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