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Comment Posted on 10/05/2012 09:40:00 | Category: Termination |
In the case of Konczac v BAE Systems (Operations) Limited, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) had to decide whether the Claimant’s ability to recover her losses was terminated by her refusal to accept a settlement offer of £75,000. Did the refusal of an offer amount to a failure to mitigate her loss? In this case, the Claimant brought claims against her ex-employer for unfair dismis... read more...
Litigants in person - how much should a Tribunal help them?
Comment Posted on 01/05/2012 09:13:00 | Category: Termination |
Often both parties are legally represented in employment tribunal claims. However, claimants may represent themselves. The tribunal will assist claimants where necessary in the course of the proceedings but how far should that assistance go? This Court of Appeal had to consider this issue in the case of John Guest Engineering and Vaio.  Mr Vaio successfully won a claim of unfair dismissal an... read more...
Recent employment law changes do not apply in Northern Ireland
Comment Posted on 17/04/2012 17:21:00 | Category: Termination |
Following our recent blog highlighting the Employment law changes coming into effect in April 2012, employers should be aware that both the increase to the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from one to two years for new joiners and the changes to employment tribunal practice and procedure apply to England, Wales and Scotland and do not have effect in Northern Ireland.... read more...
Statutory Retirement cases not yet a thing of the past
Comment Posted on 02/04/2012 17:05:00 | Category: Termination |
The Court of Appeal has now heard the appeal in the case of R&R Plant (Peterborough) Ltd v Bailey and has upheld the EAT’s decision from last year.  This shows that a strict interpretation of the (now defunct) Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, is being enforced and employers need to be aware that a letter sent notifying an employees of their intended retirement date may ... read more...
Government seeks views on dismissal rules
Comment Posted on 15/03/2012 16:26:00 | Category: Termination |
The government has today announced proposals to examine workplace dismissal procedures for small businesses with a publication of a Call for Evidence. The government is seeking views from employers, employees and interested parties on two measures.   Firstly, whether existing dismissal rules and the ACAS Code of Practice are too complex or misunderstood and how they might be made simpler, qu... read more...
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