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United Kingdom - July 27 2012
The Supreme Court recently held in NHS Leeds v Larner that the statutory right to 28 days annual leave or, if the leave cannot be taken before termination of employment, the right to a payment in lieu of untaken leave, is not conditional upon a sick worker having made a leave request to the employer in the relevant leave year.
United Kingdom - May 23 2012
This DechertOnPoint reports on a recent County Court decision on UK data subject access requests which suggests that an employer’s (or other data controller’s) search for personal data need only be proportionate and that a SAR cannot properly be made for the purposes of actual or contemplated litigation rather than the right to be informed of the processing of personal data.
United Kingdom - May 21 2012
Continuing economic uncertainty presents employers with challenging employment decisions and on occasion the need to conduct redundancy exercises.
United Kingdom - February 22 2012
If an employer proposes to make 20 or more employees redundant in a 90-day period at one establishment it must consult for a minimum of 30 days with appropriate representatives of the affected employees — and for 90 days if the number of proposed redundancies is 100 or more.
United Kingdom - February 16 2012
In the recent case of Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd the Supreme Court confirmed that whether an employee is entitled to the right not to be unfairly dismissed depends on whether Great Britain is the place with which, in comparison with any other, their employment has the closer connection.
