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Round-up of employment law developments in May 2013

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 10 2013

It has been reported that the EAT has ruled that the obligation to inform and consult for collective redundancies applies whenever an employer

Round-up of UK employment law developments in April 2013

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 9 2013

Employers may need to distance themselves from discriminatory remarks made by shareholders who are closely connected to or wield influence over the

Court of Appeal upholds bonus ruling in Dresdner v Attrill

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 29 2013

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from the High Court's ruling that Dresdner Kleinwort had contractually committed to a minimum bonus pool

Employers may need to accommodate an individual’s religious belief, even if it is not held by others

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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January 15 2013

The European Court of Human Rights has this morning given its judgment in the widely-reported Christian belief cases: Eweida and Chaplin (who were

TUPE: scope of service provision change discussed

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 18 2012

The service provision chance (SPC) limb of TUPE does not apply where the activities are in connection with “a single specific event or task of short-term duration”

New tribunal compensation and statutory benefits levels: FebruaryApril 2013

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 18 2012

From 1 February 2013, the cap on the unfair dismissal compensatory award will increase from £72,300 to £74,200 and the cap on weekly pay (used to calculate the unfair dismissal basic award and statutory redundancy pay) will increase from £430 to £450

Unfair dismissal: ruling on prior warnings, human rights challenge rejected

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 18 2012

Employers can rely on a current prior warning to support a dismissal for misconduct which would not justify dismissal on its own, even where the two instances of misconduct are not similar

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

The £1.7 million lunch: requiring leavers under employee incentive plans to comply with restrictive covenants.

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 18 2012

A recent High Court case provides useful clarity that companies operating employee incentive plans should be able to link the exercise of a discretion to treat a departing participant as a "good leaver" to a condition that the participant has not breached their employment contract, or even that the participant complies with post-termination restrictive covenants