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Can an employer be vicariously liable for acts of detriment on the grounds of whistleblowing?
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- November 29 2011
The Court of Appeal has recently considered the issue of whether, where a group of employees treats another employee unfavourably because they have made a protected disclosure under the whistleblowing legislation, an employer can be vicariously liable for these actions
When is a reference unfair?
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- November 29 2011
The Court of Appeal has recently considered the issue of when a reference provided about an individual to a prospective employer will be unfair and held that the inclusion of a cautionary remark about the individual will not necessarily be unfair providing the reference is otherwise true and accurate
Workers on sick leave must request holiday in order to be paid for it
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- November 29 2011
The EAT has decided that employees on long-term sick leave must actually take holiday or request to take holiday in order to be paid in respect of their statutory holiday entitlements
Employment law changes gather pace
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- November 29 2011
On 23 November 2011, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced the government's proposals for what may prove to be the biggest shake-up of employment law for decades
Notice of termination issued by mistake could not be withdrawn by the employer
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- November 29 2011
In C.F.Capital PLC v Willoughby, the employer had told the employee that it was considering asking staff to become self-employed in order to avoid redundancies
The Agency Workers Regulations 2010
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- September 28 2011
We last reported on the Agency Workers Regulations in our April Employment Brief, following the publication of the draft Agency Workers Regulations Guidance by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS
Guidance for employers on social networking
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- September 26 2011
Following the significant increase in the use of social networking websites, Acas has commissioned research to highlight some of the potential benefits and pitfalls for both employees and employers of the use of social media and to provide some useful guidance
Annual employment tribunal statistics published
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- September 26 2011
The statistics relating to Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal activity for the year 20102011 have been published
Unfair dismissal and varying terms and conditions of employment
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- September 26 2011
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that where an employer had sought to change the terms of employment and had made an offer to "buy out" some of the existing terms and warned that refusal would result in dismissal with an offer of re-engagement on new terms, the employer had not acted unfairly when it terminated the existing contracts and offered re-engagement on terms that did not include the "buy out" payment
Employer’s liability for harassment carried out by a third party
- Kennedys
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- United Kingdom
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- July 27 2011
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has recently held that a council was responsible for acts of racial harassment carried out against one of its employees by a child in its care on the basis that it had not done enough to protect the employee
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