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January 2012
- Capability dismissals - what is a reasonable investigation?
- Equal Pay: forum shopping is permitted
- In a nutshell
- The largest Employment Tribunal award to date is made against an NHS Trust for unfair dismissal and discrimination
- Protection against marriage discrimination widened
December 2011
- The level of leave sick workers can carry forward is limited
- Are proposals on sickness absence a cure all?
- All change – proposed amendments to employment law
- Statutory holiday pay - use it or lose it
- Cost awards in the Employment Tribunal
- Causation and vicarious liability in whistle-blowing cases
- Unreasonable refusal of alternative employment results in loss of earnings award
November 2011
- Adjustments must assist employees in returning to work to be reasonable - EAT decision
- In a nutshell
- Cost alone can render a potential adjustment unreasonable - EAT decision
- Can the disclosure of a person’s sexual orientation amount to direct discrimination and harassment? - Court of Appeal decision
- Reasonableness of Adjustments - EAT Decision
- Providing fair references for ex-employees - Court of Appeal
September 2011
- Redundancies and suitable alternative employment
- In a nutshell
- Compulsory retirement laws - ECJ decision
- Continuity of employment in the NHS
- Determining employment status - Supreme Court decision
December 2010
- Higher employment tribunal and redundancy compensation limits
- Employer's duty to make reasonable adjustments after employment ends
- Two-tier code of practice abolished with immediate effect
- Keeping an open mind when it comes to retirement
- Redundancy selection process - top tips
- Protecting personal data
November 2010
- The Equality Act - It's arrived!
- A v B
- The EAT dismisses appeal relating to associated discrimination...
- Pay protection or windfall
- Beginners guide to industrial action
- Leading Workforce Thinking 2010
July 2010
- Brave New World or More of the Same? Employment Law under the Coalition
- Duty Calls - Public Sector equality duties under the Equality Act
- Practical problems with fit notes
- Sarkar v West London Mental Health Trust
- TUPE and Collective Agreements: Employers break free
- Hempsons achieve top award at HealthInvestor 2010 Awards
March 2010
- The long-awaited judgment on the G v X and Y case
- Holidays - use it or lose it
- Words mean what I want them to mean...
- Permanent Locum Consultants?
- Focus on Discrimination: Tribunal Awards
- Whistleblowing
October 2009
- Equal pay and TUPE - Time limits and ongoing claims
- Representation by Lawyers in Disciplinary Hearings
- The Criminal Records Bureau And The New Independent Safeguarding Authority Scheme
- Tapere-v-South London and Maudsley NHS Trust ("SLAM") – would you travel an extra 2.5 miles to keep your job?
- You’re fired! (But not until you’ve read the dismissal letter)
- Reasonableness and Constructive Dismissal
May 2009
- Representation During a Disciplinary Hearing
- My Rights and Your Rights
- Mind the Gap - Disciplinary Matters, Dismissals and Grievances in the Transitional Period
- Sickness Absence and Holiday: Got a Headache?
- Rights of Employees on Additional Maternity or Adoption Leave
- Avoiding TUPE - Keep Your Fingers Crossed
June 2008
- NHS pension benefits and alternative NHS service suppliers
- Mortality rates for four major surgeries to be published
- Equal pay update
- Horizon Scanning - What to look out for
- Changes to immigration and work permit legislation
April 2008
- Casting the net wider: ISA goes live 2009
- Redundancy or variation of employment contract?
- Clarification in the Agency Staff Debate
- Intellectual Property - what is it, why you need to protect it and how to protect it.
- Sexually harassed by a patient?
November 2007
- New Arrivals
- TUPE for better or worse?
- Data Protection Update
- Strict Adherence to Grievance Procedures Resulted in a Constructive Dismissal
- Case Round Up
- Employer Induced Ill Health - Dismissal Still Fair
June 2007
- Monitoring telephone calls, emails and internet usage breach of human rights
- Suspension is not a neutral act and can be restrained by injunction
- Not so "Without Prejudice"
- Whistleblowing: A "reasonable belief" - even if wrong - can qualify for protection
- Agency Worker Update
May 2007
- ‘The World’s Most Difficult Claimant’
- An Expensive Eight Days Work
- ‘Keeping in Touch with Mothers to be’
- The Right to be Accompanied
- All Change on Statutory Discipline and Grievance Procedures?
February 2007
- Bullying and harassment in the workplace
- Integrating and revising equality duties
- Discrimination requires that the employer should have a certain state of mind
- Family friendly update: Looking towards 1st April 2007
- Sex Discrimination: Beware of green-eyed monsters and lavatories
- Agency worker or employee?
November 2006
- Procedurally unfair dismissal - Polkey-dotty!
- Equal Pay - Result of European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision in Cadman v Health and Safety Executive 2006
- Constructive Dismissal - What is it and can it be avoided?
- Statutory Disciplinary and Dismissal Procedure Round Up
- Whistleblowers are protected even after employment ends - so rules the Court of Appeal.
September 2006
- Lara Feghali discusses three topical Employment Cases
- Agency Staff as Employees
- Statutory duty to promote Race Equality - 98% of NHS non-compliant
- Maternity, Parental and Adoption Leave - the New Regulations
- TUPE - death knell sounded for Secondment Model?
May 2006
- Smoking Bans and Personal Safety
- Maternity & Parental Rights Overview
- Case Round Up
- Disability Discrimination Reasonable Adjustments
November 2005
- Legislation Update
- Developments in Redundancy Practice
- Case Law Update
- Hot off the Press
- The Disability Discrimination Act 2005
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