Managing employees/workers
A model letter dismissing an employee on the ground of unsatisfactory job performance following a stage 3 formal performance management meeting, where the employee has refused an offer of redeployment.
A model letter dismissing an employee on the ground of unsatisfactory job performance following a stage 3 formal performance management meeting.
A model letter inviting an employee to attend a performance appeal hearing.
A model letter informing an employee of the outcome of a performance appeal meeting.
This employment tribunal decision shows that there is nothing to stop a transferee from disciplining a transferred employee who is alleged to have committed misconduct before the transfer.
Assumptions that an individual accused of sexual harassment must be guilty can be costly, as this council found out after a tribunal awarded the claimant £169,000 for sex discrimination and constructive dismissal.
David Malamatenios is a partner, and Linda Quinn, Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues are solicitors at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
The Advocate General has given her opinion that EU law means that both mothers in a surrogacy arrangement should have the right to receive maternity leave.
This employment tribunal held that employers should not circumvent the requirement to pay a departing worker for holiday that he or she has accrued but not taken by providing in the contract of employment that the worker will be entitled only to a nominal sum.
Practical guidance on the opt-out process in relation to the maximum working week under the Working Time Regulations 1998, including obtaining workers' consent; the opt-out agreement; and record-keeping.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.