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Employment continues until employee receives notice of PILON

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • February 28 2013

In Geys v Societe Generale, the Supreme Court has confirmed that an employee's contract of employment continued until the date on which he received

Retirement discussions were not age discriminatory

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 28 2013

Following the abolition of the default retirement age in 2011, a dismissal based on an employee's age amounts to age discrimination, unless it can be

Volunteers without contracts are not protected by discrimination law

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 28 2013

In X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau, the Supreme Court has confirmed that a volunteer without a contract was not protected by the Disability

Breach of undertakings in compromise agreement

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 28 2013

In Imman-Sadeque v BlueBay Asset Management (Services) Ltd, the High Court held that an employee who assisted a competitor whilst on garden leave

No discrimination where employer refused to recruit candidates put forward by trade union

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 28 2013

It is unlawful to refuse to employ a person because they are a member (or not a member) of a trade union (Trade Union and Labour Relations

Compromise agreements: the freedom to withhold

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 4 2013

A recent case before the Information Commissioner has important implications for NHS Trusts and those private companies exercising public functions

Facebook comments about gay marriage

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 31 2013

The High Court has held in Smith v Trafford Housing Trust that a Christian manager was entitled to express his opposition to gay marriage on Facebook

No property in the content of emails

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 31 2013

In Heavy Transport N V v Adkins, a case in which a company was asking for the right to inspect emails held by its former CEO, the High Court has held

Collective consultation and 'establishments'

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 31 2013

The duty to consult collectively applies where it is proposed to make 20 or more redundancies at one establishment, but there is no statutory

Redundancy fair despite minimal consultation

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 31 2013

In Ashby v JJB Sports plc, the EAT has upheld the decision of an Employment Tribunal that the dismissal of a senior executive was fair despite the