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UK: employment update - April 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 23 2013

This month's Employment Update considers the impending changes to the law on whistleblowing claims, the new rules on when Tribunal awards must be

A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

A post too far: dismissal for a Facebook posting held to be in breach of contract

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 14 2013

Mr Smith, a manager at Trafford Housing Trust, posted a link from a BBC news item regarding gay marriage on his Facebook wall, with the comment “an

Employee wrongfully dismissed after posting his views on gay marriage

  • William Fry
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 9 2013

The UK High Court recently decided that an employee posting his views about gay marriage on his Facebook profile did not constitute misconduct and his

Social media and disciplinary action

  • Collyer Bristow LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 8 2013

The question of whether an employer can take action over content posted by an employee on social media websites is one of growing importance. We

Dismissals and social networking

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 4 2013

We are seeing a growing trend of employment issues involving social networking. In a non-NHS case of general interest, the High Court has made some

Facebook dismissal is a warning to employers

  • Cobbetts LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 18 2012

The High Court has awarded damages of just £98 to a claimant demoted for expressing his personal views on gay marriage via Facebook

Social media: caution required when disciplining for Facebook comments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 18 2012

Employers should not assume that they have the right to restrict an employee’s freedom to express views on social media where these concern personal beliefs and do not have a work-related context (such as being about the employer or work colleagues

Social networking: hark the social network sings

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 17 2012

Employee comments on social networking sites are now a common feature in tribunal disputes with a blurry line between what may be considered private and what may be considered public

Freedom of speech in social media UK employee unlawfully demoted for Christian gay marriage Facebook posts

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 12 2012

In the recent UK case of Smith v. Trafford, the Claimant was awarded just £98 (approx. $150) by the English High Court for a successful breach of contract claim against his housing trust employer (the “Trust”

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