Court jails litigants for contempt of court
Custodial sentences of 12 months and 20 months have been passed down in respect of two parties who were found to be in contempt of court.
June 4, 2015 No Comments
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Costs award was justifiable despite party’s inability to pay
Tribunals are able to make costs awards against parties who are unable to pay at that time, so long as the tribunal considers that the party will be able to pay at some point in the future.
June 4, 2015 No Comments
ECJ rules that “establishment” for collective redundancy consultation purposes means a local employment unit, not the whole company
An employer making 20 or more people redundant in a 90 day period in a single establishment must consult on a collective basis. What is meant by ‘establishment’?
June 4, 2015 No Comments
Disobeying instruction not to contact external independent authority is grounds for dismissal
An employee who disobeyed an instruction not to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office was fairly dismissed.
June 4, 2015 No Comments
Judgments provide clarification on extent of employer’s investigations into employee misconduct
Two recent cases relate to employers’ investigations into misconduct by their employees.
May 31, 2015 No Comments
School’s change to a teacher’s working patterns amounted to repudiatory breach of contract
A school’s decision to change a teacher’s working patterns from three days per week to five days per week has been found to amount to a repudiatory breach.
May 18, 2015 No Comments
Employer’s reasonable efforts found to be sufficient to avoid having constructive knowledge of a disability
An employer’s reasonable, though not perfect, efforts to discern whether an employee’s numerous sickness absences were caused by disability have been found to be sufficient to prevent it having constructive knowledge of her disability.
May 18, 2015 No Comments
Can employers make unilateral changes to contracts?
Whilst the general rule is that changes to the terms of a contract of employment must be agreed, it is possible to make unilateral changes if an employer has the express contractual right to do so.
May 18, 2015 No Comments
Bonus scheme found to be discriminatory against disabled employees
A bonus scheme which related to levels of sickness absence has been found to be discriminatory against disabled employees.
May 18, 2015 No Comments
FCA announces start date for new senior manager and certification regime
The Financial Conduct Authority has announced that a new senior manager and certification regime will be put in place as of 7 March 2016.
May 18, 2015 No Comments
Revised ACAS Code changes provisions on worker’s right to be accompanied
A revised version of the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures took effect on 11 March 2015.
May 18, 2015 No Comments
Introducing new terms of employment can be indirect age discrimination
A worsening of employment benefits that were dependent upon length of service did indirectly discriminate against older workers.
March 31, 2015 No Comments
