Employment and HR

• What Happens When Misconduct is Uncovered Post-Dismissal?

  • Posted11 November 2013

  In Vignakumar v Churchill Group Limited, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has shed light on the correct approach to cases where evidence of misconduct is uncovered subsequent to dismissal and...

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• Retirement at 65 Justified – As the Law Was Then

  • Posted5 November 2013

  In the long-running case of Seldon v Clarkson, Wright and Jakes, the Employment Tribunal (ET) has ruled that the inclusion in a law firm’s partnership agreement of a clause that...

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• ‘Custom and Practice’ Can Add to Employment Contract Terms

  • Posted25 October 2013

  A recent case (Park Cakes Limited v Shumba and Others) serves as a clear reminder that not every contractual term need be in writing and, where the individual facts support...

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• Council Workers Win Landmark Equal Pay Case

  • Posted18 October 2013

  In a ruling of enormous significance to employers and employees alike, the Supreme Court has opened the way for a group of 251 female local authority workers to proceed with...

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• The CIPD Annual Report on Absence Management

  • Posted17 October 2013

  The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has published the results of its fourteenth national survey of absence management trends, policy and practice, carried out in partnership with Simplyhealth....

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• Restrictive Employment Covenants Must Be ‘Reasonable’

  • Posted10 October 2013

  In declaring unenforceable a restrictive covenant contained in a senior financial adviser’s employment contract, the High Court has emphasised that such clauses are not worth the paper they are written...

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