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| 14 Dec 2006 | Statutory dismissal procedures - suspension prior to Step 1 | Employment News | The EAT, in A to B Travel Ltd v Kennedy, has held that where an employer follows the statutory disciplinary and dismissal procedure in full when reaching the decision to dismiss an employee, but suspe... | ||
| 1 May 2008 | Territorial jurisdiction: the boundaries of the Lawson test | Douglas Leach, Queen Square Chambers | ELA Briefing | At the turn of the year, judgment was handed down by the EAT in Bleuse v MBT Transport Ltd & anor. This examined the breadth of application of the Lawson v Serco Ltd approach to ques... | |
| 1 May 2004 | The "Without Prejudice" Dismissal | Nick Ralph, Archon Solicitors | ELA Briefing | It is becoming an increasingly popular practice for employers to cut through the niceties of performance or disciplinary procedures by presenting the employee with a draft compromise agreement and a c... | |
| 1 Dec 2007 | The Johnson Exclusion Area: GMB v Brown | Monica Kurnatowska and Stephen Ratcliffe, Baker & McKenzie LLP | ELA Briefing | In the September/October 2007 edition of ELA Briefing, Monica Kurnatowska and Stephen Ratcliffe considered the EAT's application of the Johnson exclusion area to a ``last straw'' constructive dismissa... | |
| 1 Jan 2008 | The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | Tom Dawson, Furley Page LLP | ELA Briefing | Tom Dawson considers whether claims can be brought under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 by employees on the ground that the dismissal amounted to unlawful... |
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| 1 May 2003 | The Territorial Jurisdiction of ERA 1996 | Sam Whitaker is a senior associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | ELA Briefing | The EAT’s decision in Lawson v Serco Ltd (EAT/0018/02) will be of considerable importance to UK employers with overseas employees. The decision confirms that such employees have the right to ... | |
| 1 Aug 2008 | Towergate London Market v Harris | Suki Deo, London Discrimination Unit | ELA Briefing | The Court of Appeal in Towergate London Market Ltd v Harris has given a claimant-friendly decision on extending time for late unfair dismissal claims. Suki Deo reports | |
| 1 Nov 2006 | TUPE’s Tender Mercies | Alexandra Carn, Edwin Coe | ELA Briefing | There has already been a considerable amount of commentary on the general application of the TUPE Regulations 2006. Here, Alexandra Carn looks at their application to tender situations. Since A... |
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| 1 Jul 2012 | Unfair dismissal deregulation: a cautionary tale from Oz | Michael Sayers, Slater & Gordon | ELA Briefing | The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a paper in May, ‘Dealing with dismissal and “compensated no fault dismissal” for micro businesses’, announcing that ‘the government is purs... | |
| 1 Mar 2012 | Unfair dismissal qualifying periods | Suzanne McKie and Alice Carse, Devereux Chambers | ELA Briefing | ‘Resolving Workplace Disputes: Final Impact Assessment’, published by the government last November, indicates that were a challenge to the extension of the qualifying period for protection for unfa... |