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• Jurisdiction – Claims by Overseas Employees

  • Posted27 December 2012

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that the Employment Tribunal (ET) does have jurisdiction to hear an employee’s complaints under sex discrimination and equal pay legislation even though her...

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• Rent Free Staff Occupancy – VAT Recovery Confirmed

  • Posted21 December 2012

  Owners of business properties occupied rent free by employees will breathe a sigh of relief following a recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). ...

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• Undeliverable Goods Claim Succeeds Despite Insurer’s Arguments

  • Posted20 December 2012

  When the owners of a Moroccan factory disappeared, leaving their workers unpaid, production ground to a halt. This left a UK-based customer facing a business emergency. The company got...

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• Collective Redundancy Consultation – Government Announces Changes

  • Posted19 December 2012

  As part of the Government’s review of employment law, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) carried out a consultation exercise on possible changes to the rules on consultation...

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• Human Rights Do Not Justify Possession of Property by Trespasser

  • Posted18 December 2012

  When a council tenant who suffers from depression moved into his late brother’s council flat after he had died, the council was none the wiser for a considerable period of...

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• Service Provision Change Defined in TUPE Case

  • Posted17 December 2012

  In a ruling which clarifies what is meant by a ‘service provision change’ in the context of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), the Employment Appeal...

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