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Dismissal: intention to terminate must be clear
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- May 6 2009
Employers who decide to end an employee's employment should ensure that decision is clearly communicated to the employee
Equality Bill published
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- May 6 2009
The long-awaited Equality Bill has finally been published
Equal pay update
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- May 6 2009
Employers cannot get an equal pay tribunal claim thrown out simply because the employee has failed to identify his comparators in the written grievance
Inability to carry out common work activities can be disability
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- May 6 2009
An employee's inability to carry out a work activity that is common to a range of industries is enough to qualify as disabled
TUPE: unfair dismissal where new service provider in different location
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- May 6 2009
TUPE applied to the retendering of a contract to provide conveyancing services
Statutory redundancy pay to increase from October 2009
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- May 6 2009
In his latest budget the Chancellor announced an increase to the ceiling on a week's pay used to calculate statutory redundancy payment
Remuneration: draft FSA code of practice
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- March 6 2009
The FSA has published a draft code of practice on remuneration policies relevant to all FSA regulated firms
Unlawful deduction from wages claim for bonus
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- March 6 2009
An employee may be able to bring a deduction of wages claim for non-payment of bonus, even if elements of the bonus appear to be discretionary
Higher compensation for unfair dismissal
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- March 6 2009
Employers may have to compensate an unfairly dismissed employee for the ongoing loss of a final salary pension scheme, even if the employee obtains a new job with a higher salary (but money purchase pension) which more than offsets the value of the pension loss
UK default retirement age: ECJ sends case to High Court to decide lawfulness
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- European Union, United Kingdom
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- March 6 2009
The ECJ has ruled that the UK default retirement age is covered by EU age discrimination law but can in theory be justified by legitimate social policy objectives
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