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- Type:
- How to
Practical guidance on dealing with overpayments made to employees, including deductions from wages; civil proceedings for restitution; estoppel by representation; and change of position.
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- Date:
- 12 December 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The High Court has held that an employer could deduct only 1/260th of salary from employees' pay in respect of a one-day strike, and not 1/228th, which discounted paid holiday.
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- Date:
- 27 November 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a trainee in the second year of a learning agreement was entitled to the national minimum wage.
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- Date:
- 8 November 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Bloxham v Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer [2007] ET/2205086/06, an employment tribunal has held that changes to a law firm's pension scheme that discriminated on the grounds of age were justified.
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- Date:
- 29 October 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Court of Appeal ruled in Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council v Bainbridge and others [2007] EWCA Civ 929 that a woman claiming equal pay may rely on a job evaluation study even where the woman's job has been assigned a higher value than that of her comparator.
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- Date:
- 4 September 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Wetherill & Ors v Birmingham City Council [2007] EWCA Civ 599 the Court of Appeal held that a local authority was entitled to vary a car allowance scheme unilaterally, but was in breach of contract by failing to provide adequate transitional protection for affected employees.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by Addleshaw Goddard, covers unlawful deductions from wages.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This week's case of the week, provided by Addleshaw Goddard, covers discretionary bonuses.
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- Date:
- 27 June 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In 1) Bainbridge & Ors 2) Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council v 1) Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council 2) Williams EAT/0424/06 & EAT/0031/07 the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that successful equal pay claims confer the right to up to six years' back pay prior to the institution of proceedings.
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- Date:
- 1 June 2007
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Where an employee is experiencing stress related to excessive workloads, the presence of a workplace counselling service will not automatically serve to discharge the employer's duty of care in stress claims.