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TUPE transfer employee objections can be after the date of transfer

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • January 7 2008

In ISG v Vernon and Others the High Court has held that where employees do not know the identity of the transferee prior to a transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), they can exercise their right to object to the transfer after it has taken place

TUPE can apply to transfers outside the UK

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 7 2008

The application of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) to the transfer of part of a business from the UK to a non-EU entity has been considered by the EAT for the first time since the Regulations came into force in April 2006 in the case of Holis Metal Industries Ltd v GMB Newell Ltd

Industrial action and deductions from wages

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 7 2008

The High Court has confirmed in the case of Cooper and others v Isle of Wight College that where an employee failed to work because they were participating in industrial action, the appropriate level of deductions from an employee's wages should be the amount the employee could sue for in relation to the withheld wages and not the overall loss of the employer

Bill briefing: Temporary and Agency Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Bill

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 20 2007

Temporary and agency workers now make up a significant part of the workforce

Employment Bill

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 21 2007

The Government published the Employment Bill on Friday 7 December 2007

The human rights charm offensive

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 2 2007

Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, has this month been attempting to persuade the public of the benefits of the Human Rights Act

Individual redundancy golden rules

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 17 2008

When a business needs to make redundancies, it can either follow the process by the book or offer employees financial incentives to sign compromise agreements waiving their claims

Landmark decision on discrimination law what it means for employers

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • July 22 2008

The landmark decision of the European Court of Justice in Coleman v Attridge Law means that workers in the UK now have new grounds for protection against discrimination and may also be entitled to demand flexible working hours to care for disabled or elderly relatives

Working towards a flexible future: the Work and Families Act

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • March 12 2007

The Government's 10-year childcare strategy bore its first legislative fruits last year with the passing of the Work and Families Act

Sex discrimination amounts to constructive dismissal

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 31 2008

The EAT in Shaw v CCL Ltd has held that a rejection of a request for flexible working could amount to sex discrimination and also constructive dismissal