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In a recent Court of Appeal case, the Court considered whether an employee who had dishonestly obtained a visa to gain access to the UK to work illegally was prevented from bringing a race discrimination claim in relation to her dismissal.
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has given further consideration to the eligibility of employees to claim a payment in lieu of accrued but untaken statutory leave, on termination, where they have been unable to take it due to sickness absence.
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision has highlighted the dangers of making assumptions about the underlying reasons for an employee’s grievance.
Businesses are often unaware that a legally binding contract can be made by a simple exchange of e-mails. A recent Court of Appeal decision has confirmed that an enforceable guarantee can be created by a series of e-mails authenticated by the online signature of the guarantor.
Today marks the start of the 100 day countdown to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
This April sees a number of employment law changes coming into force and a summary of each is included below.
As part of the Government’s commitment to review employment laws and reduce ‘red tape’ for businesses, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (‘BIS’) has published its Employment Law Reform Annual Update, in addition to a Call for Evidence on Dismissal and ‘Compensated No-Fault Dismissal’ for Micro Businesses.
In a recent case reported in the Telegraph the High Court has given the go-ahead for service of legal documents by Facebook. Whilst this may have come as a surprise to many, it has been sanctioned before on a number of occasions by the County Courts of England & Wales and is routinely used in antipodean jurisdictions.
It is long established under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (“SDA”) and now also under the Equality Act 2010 (“EA”) that a worker cannot be discriminated against because he/she is married.
If an employee works overtime without being asked, because otherwise there would be insufficient time to complete the required work, is that employee entitled to an overtime payment?
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