Managing employees/workers
This case serves as a reminder to employers of the risks that can accompany Christmas parties, although the company in this case navigated the issues admirably.
A dismissal for fighting at a Christmas party involving individuals who attempt to play down the seriousness of the incident can be fair, as this case shows.
The High Court has upheld a breach of contract claim against a housing trust that demoted a Christian manager who said on Facebook that holding civil partnership ceremonies in churches is "an equality too far".
A model letter to respond to an employee entitled to adoption leave where they have advised that they do not intend to return to work after adoption leave.
A model letter when an employee has failed to return to work on the date on which they were expected to return from adoption leave, and has not been in touch to indicate, for example, that they have decided not to return.
The European Court of Justice has confirmed that the holiday pay of a worker on a zero hours contract placed on short-time working can be calculated on a pro rata basis.
Carly Mather, Lydia Newman and Amy Ross-Sercombe are associates and Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.