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‘In connection with’ and Regulation 4(2)(a) TUPE – September 2022

A downloadable PDF of this article is available by clicking this link  ‘In connection with’ and Regulation 4(2)(a) TUPE Regulation 4 of The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) states as follows (my underlining): “Effect of relevant transfer on contracts of employment  4.—(1) … a relevant transfer shall not operate so as to […]

Tags: Employment, General Civil

Unfavourable Treatment & S 15 EqA 2010 – August 2022

A downloadable PDF of this article is available by clicking this link  Unfavourable Treatment & S 15 EqA 2010   Disabled employees were significantly impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic. Disabled employees often needed to shield and even after the various lockdowns were lifted had to continue to stay away from the office which in some […]

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Covid 19 & Health & Safety Dismissals – June 2022

A downloadable PDF of this article is available by clicking this link  There have been a number of first instance decisions which have looked at health and safety dismissals relating to Covid 19. The central issue in these claims is a reasonable belief as to the serious & imminent danger. Looking through the lens of repeated […]

Tags: Employment, General Civil

Wrongful Dismissal – November 2021

A downloadable PDF of this article is available by clicking this link Wrongful Dismissal When defending a claim for unfair dismissal there are usually three key witnesses: investigator; decisionmaker; appeal decisionmaker. However when an employer has summarily dismissed an employee there is invariably a claim for wrongful dismissal. None of the above witnesses are likely to […]

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Protected Disclosures – October 2021

Every so often you come across ‘useful cases’. The case is not making any ground-breaking new statements on the law so-called ‘landmark’ cases. What they have in common is that within the case there is either a clear restatement of the law or the bringing together of principles found in more than one case. Ayodele […]

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List of Issues – September 2021

A downloadable PDF of this article is available by clicking this link. LIST OF ISSUES In Parekh v London Borough of Brent [2012] EWCA Civ 1630 Mummery LJ had the following to say about lists of issues at paragraph 31 (my underlining). “A list of issues is a useful case management tool developed by the […]

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ASSERTING A STATUTORY RIGHT – September 2021

A downloadable PDF of this article is available by clicking this link. ASSERTING A STATUTORY RIGHT Under S 104 Employment Rights 1996 (ERA) an employee is protected from being dismissed for asserting a statutory right. S104 of the ERA provides as follows (my underlining): S 104 Assertion of statutory right.  (1) An employee who is […]

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