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Round-up of employment law developments in April 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 1 2012

In Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes the Supreme Court has confirmed that employers need to give careful consideration when seeking to justify mandatory retirement ages

Round-up of employment law developments in March 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 3 2012

Employers must establish some legitimate reason other than saving costs in order to justify discrimination

Round-up of employment law developments in February 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 5 2012

Employees who live in Britain and commute to work abroad may have unfair dismissal rights in Britain, particularly if the employment contract is governed by British employment law and the employee has been reassured that he will retain British employment law rights

Supreme Court rules on unfair dismissal rights for international commuters

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 9 2012

Employees who live in Britain and commute to work abroad may have unfair dismissal rights in Britain, particularly if the employment contract is governed by British employment law and the employee has been reassured that he will retain British employment law rights

Round-up of employment law developments in December 2011

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 6 2012

This e-bulletin includes short summaries of the following recent developments

Round-up of employment law developments in November 2011

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 5 2011

Employment law reforms: April 2012 government plans confirmed, new proposals and calls for evidence

Round-up of employment law developments in June 2011

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 4 2011

Collective redundancy: employees cannot bring representative claims for protective awards

Religious discrimination: refusal of time off for prayers may sometimes be justified

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 7 2011

Employers are not required to accommodate religious worship during working hours if it could significantly damage their business and reasonable alternatives are available to the employee

Compensation: career-long loss and apportionment of discrimination damages

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 7 2011

In most cases, future loss of earnings should only be awarded until an employee is likely to obtain an equivalent job; career-long compensation will only be appropriate where there is no real prospect of the employee ever securing an equivalent job

Wages: no obligation to pay wages to employee remanded in custody

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 7 2011

An employee who is unable to work due to being remanded in custody pending a criminal trial is not "unavoidably" prevented from working and so cannot claim that the employer is under an implied duty to pay wages (assuming there is no contrary express term

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