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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

Working time: employers can designate inactive time as statutory holiday

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 6 2009

Workers are not entitled to insist on taking annual leave during periods when they would otherwise be working

Disciplinary meetings: employees may sometimes be entitled to legal representation

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 6 2009

An employee may be entitled to have a lawyer at a disciplinary hearing where the outcome of the hearing could deprive him of any future in that profession

Maternity rights: government consultation on EU proposals

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 6 2009

The government is consulting on EU proposals to enhance maternity rights

Gender bias: EHRC inquiry into financial services sector

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 6 2009

The EHRC has announced a formal inquiry into gender bias in the financial services industry