Employment and HR

• ACAS Guidance on Maternity Rights and Redundancy

  • Posted19 July 2012

  Currently, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) helpline receives 15,000 calls a year from employers and employees seeking advice on pregnancy or maternity and redundancy issues. In response to...

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• Redundancy and the Pool for Selection

  • Posted19 July 2012

  Redundancy is a potentially fair reason for dismissal, but may be found to be unfair – for example if a particular employee is unfairly selected for redundancy. Where the decision...

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• Estate Agent Fined After Contractor Killed in Fall

  • Posted9 July 2012

  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a firm of estate agents after a contractor who was working for them was killed when he fell from a roof. ...

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• Reform of the Collective Redundancy Rules

  • Posted5 July 2012

  Following a call for evidence on the operation of the rules that apply to consulting with employees when collective redundancies are necessary, the Government has published a consultation outlining its...

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• Dismissal on Account of Long-Term Sickness

  • Posted28 June 2012

  When an employee is dismissed for a reason relating to their capability to perform the work for which they were employed, whether or not the dismissal is fair or unfair...

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• TUPE – Service Provision Changes

  • Posted19 June 2012

  In Hunter v McCarrick, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that for there to be a service provision change within the meaning of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of...

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