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Football fan takes extreme action following his daughters allegedly unfair dismissal and handcuffs himself to goal post
Comment Posted on 02/02/2012 17:18:00 | Category: Termination |
John Foley invaded the pitch at Monday night’s Everton v Newcastle Premier League match wearing a T-shirt reading: 'Europe's greatest training robbers. Ryanair. Lowest wages guaranteed. Stop. Recruitment scamming our children.' He then handcuffed himself to the goalpost and had to be removed with bolt cutters. It has been widely reported that his actions were in protest at his daughter&rs ... read more...
West end stars of Legally Blonde row over right to return from maternity leave
Comment Posted on 02/02/2012 10:59:00 | Category: Family friendly |
It is a subject which has caused much debate over the past few days, and has led to a number of “twitter wars” breaking out. Aoife Mulholland played the part of Brooke Wyndham in the West End stage production of Legally Blonde until going on maternity leave. Whilst she was absent, Tamara Wall was recruited as a replacement. This week, Ms Mulholland announced that she wished to return ... read more...
Can a fixed share equity partner be an employee?
Comment Posted on 01/02/2012 18:00:00 | Category: Termination |
In Tiffin v Lester Aldridge LLP Mr Tiffin was a fixed-share partner in Lester Aldridge LLP. When Mr Tiffin was dismissed in February 2009, Mr Tiffin brought claims in the Employment Tribunal (“ET”) and in doing so sought to establish that he was an employee. The ET and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) both found that Mr Tiffin was a partner as opposed to an employee ... read more...
Tribunal Award Limit Changes 1 February 2012
Comment Posted on 01/02/2012 09:27:00 | Category: Termination |
With effect from today, the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal increases from £68,400 to £72.300.Other changes coming into force today include:-   The limit on the amount of a week’s pay for statutory redundancy payments and the basic award for unfair dismissal will increase from £400 to £430 an increase in the maximum amount of a guar ... read more...
Collective Redundancy: Definition of Establishment
Comment Posted on 01/02/2012 09:06:00 | Category: Redundancy |
Former employees of Woolworths have successfully brought an action for its failure to inform and consult in connection with a collective redundancy procedure. The Employment Tribunal concluded that when Woolworths went into administration in November 2008, and subsequently dismissed its employees by reason of redundancy, it failed to comply with its legal obligation to inform and consult collecti ... read more...
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