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  • Equal treatment - the Preston ruling and the Fixed-term Workers Directive

    Royaume-Uni 08/02/2001
    1. Preston - the House of Lords ruling The House of Lords in the Preston case on part-timer pension rights has now ruled that: where part-timers have been wrongfully excluded from membership of occupational...

  • Recent developments affecting young workers

    Royaume-Uni 30/01/2001
    Two recent developments mean that employers of young workers will need to review their working practices. Firstly, after taking advantage of the time-limited opt outs offered by the Young Workers Directive...

  • New judgment on pay in lieu of notice clauses

    Royaume-Uni 25/01/2001
    On 18th January the Court of Appeal gave its judgment in the appeal of the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision in the case of Cerberus Software Limited v John Rowley. This is an important judgment as it...

  • Further clarification on the correct interpretation of TUPE

    Royaume-Uni 23/01/2001
    The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") judgment in Cheesman & Others v R Brewer Contracts Limited, delivered on 30th November 2000, provides a welcome summary of current TUPE principles and...

  • Ageing not a disability

    Royaume-Uni 22/01/2001
    Leeds Employment Tribunal has just ruled that disability resulting naturally from ageing falls outside the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (the "Act") in a case where we were acting for the employer....

  • Health and Safety Responsibilities of Directors - HSC Consultative Document

    Royaume-Uni 18/01/2001
    The HSC has just published a Consultative Document for a Code entitled Health and Safety Responsibilities of Directors. This is intended to be 'guidance', rather than a formal Approved Code of Practice...

  • Increase of limits applying to awards of employment tribunals

    Royaume-Uni 18/01/2001
    The limits applicable to certain awards of Employment Tribunals will rise from 1st February 2001 under the new index-linked formula. Most significantly the maximum amount of a "week's pay" for the purpose...

  • Jail Warning for Sexual Harassment

    Royaume-Uni 15/01/2001
    The Court of Appeal has confirmed jail sentences of 21 and 12 months for an employee and a manager convicted of respectively 7 and 2 charges of indecent assault in the course of sexually harassing women...

  • House of Lords Decision in Halfpenny -v- IGE Medical Systems Limited

    Royaume-Uni 22/12/2000
    The House of Lords has finally given its judgment in Halfpenny -v- IGE Medical Systems Limited, a case concerning the right to return to work from maternity leave in which CMS Cameron McKenna acted for...

  • More support for working parents

    Royaume-Uni 13/12/2000
    The Government's new Green Paper, "Work and Parents: Competitiveness and Choice", has met a hostile reception from employers' bodies and a mass of press commentary. In fact, the Green Paper simply sets...

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