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Dec 21, 2011

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Employment Update seminars

Holidays and sickness absence: The case continues

Holiday entitlement for offshore workers

Compensatory awards for unfair dismissal

Nov 11, 2011

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Tribunal can find dismissal fair for different reason to that relied upon by employer

Sick employees can carry forward full 5.6 weeks’ holiday

Unreasonable refusal of offer of new role was failure to mitigate loss

Changes to terms and conditions after a TUPE transfer

Oct 13, 2011

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Dismissal for claiming sick pay whilst working a second job was unfair

Reasonable adjustment need not have "good prospect" of removing disadvantage

Job references and outstanding allegations

Dismissing an employee for making derogatory Facebook comments was unfair

Sep 16, 2011

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Tribunal cannot apportion damages in discrimination cases

Summary dismissal subject to conditions was a dismissal with notice

EAT confirms no such thing as "self-dismissal"

Supreme Court ruling on employment status

Belief that 9/11 and 7/7 were "false flag operations" not protected by the Religion or Belief Regulations

Aug 11, 2011

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Refusal to accept pay cut: focus should be on reasonableness of employer's actions

Dismissal for driving without a licence was fair

Employer must know about disability to be under duty to make adjustments

Indirect discrimination and "group disadvantage"

Sick leave and holiday entitlement: the case continues

Relevance of being openly gay to direct discrimination and harassment claims

Jun 10, 2011

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Shepherd and Wedderburn guest Podcast: A guide to managing poor peformance

Update on objective justification in religious discrimination cases

Failure to consult does not make a transfer ineffective

Perceived bias in grievance panel led to constructive dismissal

Employer liable to ex-employee for negligent misstatement

Court of Appeal rules on assessing loss in discrimination claims

Employer's liability under Protection from Harassment Act

Tribunal will not closely scrutinise redundancy scores

Employee remanded in custody not entitled to wages

Government launches modern workplaces consultation

May 13, 2011

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Shepherd and Wedderburn Employment News Podcast

Time off for dependents: detriment and dismissal

Court implies a term that employee must sign compromise agreement to receive redundancy payment

Unfair dismissal update

Employee must account for secret profit

Paid "volunteer" not covered by discrimination law

Dismissal by administrator was automatically unfair, even though no transferee had been identified

Apr 14, 2011

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Employment Spring Update seminars

Shepherd and Wedderburn Employment News Podcast

What changed this month?

Validity of final written warnings where employee has not appealed

Favouring a woman on maternity leave in redundancy scoring was sex discrimination

Dispute resolution clause could not prevent tribunal claim

No harassment where not reasonable for the victim to take offence

Dismissal as a result of irretrievable breakdown in working relationships

Mar 16, 2011

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Shepherd and Wedderburn Employment News Podcast

Abolition of the Default Retirement Age

Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear claims of Hong Kong-based employees

Transfer of confidential information was repudiatory breach of contract

Letters amounted to harassment under Protection from Harassment Act

Social media and data protection policies: an employer's warning

Feb 10, 2011

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Shepherd and Wedderburn Employment News Podcast

Working without the default retirement age

Consultation on employment tribunal reforms

Tribunal Service statistics show drop in claims

Employer not deemed to know everything that its employees know

Deciding to which potentially redundant employee suitable alternative employment should be offered

Volunteers not covered by anti-discrimination legislation

Reasonable adjustments – objective test

Did football commentators' remarks fall foul of the Equality Act 2010?

Bribery Act postponed

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