Consultations
View and download ELA's responses to recent Government consultations

ELA Briefing
ELA's membership magazine, published 10 times a year, contains news, case reports, commentary and analysis.

Employment News
View all recent employment law news from the IDS Employment Law Team.

Lecture Notes
Download the handouts from many of ELA's recent training sessions.

Unfair dismissal

Locked	Date	Title	Author	Type	Abstract
	1 Jun 2003	Agency Workers and Unfair Dismissal: an Update	John Antell, Godolphin Chambers	ELA Briefing	Whether there are any circumstances in which an agency worker can complain of unfair dismissal is a question that has been the subject of considerable debate. Two years ago the Court of Appeal in the ...
	1 Mar 2009	In Brief - Notice pay (again)	Richard Linskell, Campbell Hooper	ELA Briefing	Two years ago in this column (Jan/Feb 2007) I considered how Burlo v Langley & Carter [2007] IRLR 145 had held that Norton Tool v Tewson [1972] IRLR 86 - perhaps the oldest statutory employment case s...
	1 Jul 2005	Is National Security Safeguarding Employment Rights?	Marc Jones, partner, and Cressida Lockett, Turbervilles	ELA Briefing	Those who studied constitutional and administrative law may remember the cases involving GCHQ and immunities on the grounds of national security. Claims involving national security are not that common...
	1 Apr 2003	In Review - 04/03	Clare Primett, Le Brasseur Davis Law Group	ELA Briefing	This publication topic area describes itself as “a crucial part of human resources management”. Managing Dismissals features case scenarios, precedent letters and agreements and the latest le...
	1 May 2011	Social media: employment traps and pitfalls	Kirstie Allison, associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP	ELA Briefing	The use of email and other social media by employees in and outside the workplace is widespread, which raises a number of issues for employers and employees alike. While useful as a business tool for ...
	1 Jun 2008	SOX Opens the Door to Employees to Sue US Parent	Richard Brown, Osborne Clarke	ELA Briefing	The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) contains a whistleblower provision protecting employees of public companies reporting conduct that they reasonably believe constitutes a violation of federal law r...
	1 Sep 2007	GAB Robins v Triggs	Monica Kurnatowska, partner, and Stephen Ratcliffe, associate, employment department, Baker McKenzie LLP	ELA Briefing	The recent EAT decision in GAB Robins v Triggs is the EAT's first attempt to apply the "Johnson exclusion area'' to a constructive dismissal scenario.
	1 Jul 2009	In Brief - Constructive Dismissal	Peter Linstead, Tanfield Chambers	ELA Briefing	The last few weeks have seen three noteworthy EAT cases on constructive dismissal. The first two demonstrate that tribunals must take particular care in considering the employer's final actions object...
	1 Aug 2006	Are Polkey Reductions History?	Anthony Korn, barrister, No 5 Chambers	ELA Briefing	The June issue of ELA Briefing examined some of the recent case law on Polkey reductions. In two recent decisions, the EAT has suggested that those principles may have changed as a r...
	1 Jun 2010	Using Fit Notes in Personal Injury and Tribunal Claims	David Christie, Proactive Employment Lawyers	ELA Briefing	The introduction of statements of fitness for work - commonly referred to as `fit notes' - has changed the landscape of sickness absence management in the UK.