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ELA Briefing

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	1 Aug 2007	Increasing Annual Leave Entitlement	Rebecca Smith, Turbervilles Solicitors	There is set to be an increase in the statutory minimum annual leave entitlement which workers are entitled to under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR). The current entitlement to four weeks’ pai...
	1 Dec 2009	In Brief - Whistleblowing	Stephen Levinson, RadcliffesLeBrasseur	There is an increase in the number of allegations involving protected disclosures. Many say this is often done for tactical reasons. The decision in Cavendish Munro Professional Risks Management Ltd v...
	1 Jun 2006	In Review 06/06	Marc Jones, employment partner, Turbervilles	There have been books published on compensation previously, but most of these focus on other issues in the main and discuss tribunal compensation as just one, relatively small, aspect of the subject.
	1 Apr 2009	In Brief - Retrospective CFAs Valid	Clive Howard, Russell Jones & Walker	There have been a number of cases that challenge the validity of conditional fee agreements, with the result that individual CFAs are held to be invalid. It is therefore helpful that the courts have r...
	1 Apr 2009	The Employment Act 2008	Marc Jones, partner, Turbervilles	There has been much written on the Employment Act 2008 (the Act) about the repeal of the statutory procedures and associated matters, but other changes are also being made. Marc Jones examines these c...
	1 Apr 2009	In Brief - US Bolsters Whistleblowing	Clive Howard, Russell Jones & Walker	There has been extensive publicity about whistleblowers and the financial sector over the past few months. Now the compliance failures relating to the Madoff hedge fund scandal have led the US authori...
	1 May 2009	Chondol v Liverpool City Council	Charis Damiano, CM Murray LLP	There has been a spate of cases in recent months arising out of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003. Following on from Ladele v London Borough of Islington comes the case of ...
	1 Jul 2010	Striking the right balance? Recent cases on industrial action	Thomas Linden QC, Matrix Chambers and Andrew Taggart, Herbert Smith LLP	There has been a recent flurry of case law on industrial action and, with more disputes in prospect given the government's proposed austerity measures, now seems a good time to take stock. Thomas Lind...
	1 Apr 2006	Mutuality of Obligation	Robert Dixon, Turbervilles	There are two distinct scenarios that can apply when considering mutuality of obligation. One is where the work is carried out on a regular, uninterrupted basis. The other is where it is carried out i...
	1 Jan 2005	Avoiding Employment Status: Substitution	Tom Potbury, associate, Pinsent Masons	There are tax advantages in having self-employed status for the worker and the party who would otherwise be their employer (the principal). As self-employed workers cannot claim unfair dismissal or a ...