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May 18, 2013
Examining the Interplay between the Common Law and Statute in the light of recent Case Law •Geys v SociétéGénérale[2012] UKSC 63 •Bateman v Asda Stores Ltd [2010] IRLR 370 (EAT) Malone v British Airways [2010] IRLR 431 (HC)...
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May 18, 2013
Challenges and Opportunities • Approx 1 in 3 UK employees say they are actively engaged at work – UK 9th out of 12 largest economies (Kenexa, 2009). • Equivalent to 20 million workers who are not delivering their full capability...
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February 6, 2013
Exploring the current state of play of the ways in which the employee and the self-employed are differentiated, in a context of Changes in the labour markets and ways that people are working, and drawing on research including my current ...
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January 16, 2013
Direct Discrimination Less favourable treatment ‘because of religion or belief’ Genuine occupational requirement exception ‘religious ethos organisation’ exception for genuine occupational requirements Indirect Discrimin...
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January 8, 2013
The social right to paid annual leave owes its origin to Article 7 of the Working Time Directive 93/104/EC, now in the Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC, implemented in UK law by the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR”)....
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December 11, 2012
The passing of the Human Rights Act (‘the HRA 1998’) represented a momentous change to the British Legal System and has had a far reaching effect upon many areas of law, such as domestic family, public and immigration law. At [101] of ...
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December 4, 2012
(some) TUPE Themes since 2006 1. INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION WHICH EMPLOYEES ARE AFFECTED? UNISON v Somerset County Council and others [2010] IRLR 207, EAT per Bean J at para 21 We conclude that the "affected employees" are tho...
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October 23, 2012
Three areas to consider Termination of employment contracts Incorporation of terms and their interpretation Sham contracts Find out more.......
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October 11, 2012
Michael's handout provides a list of cases to which he referred to during his talk to the Society in October 2012 which covered the following subjects: Contracts of Employment; Employment Status; Unfair dismissal; Redundancy; Transfer ...
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May 19, 2012
In September 2011, the employment relations body ACAS published a series of factsheets covering the topic of social networking and social media in the workplace. These factsheets, together with a report on social media and its impact on emp...
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September 18, 2011
The statutory duties on employers to inform and consult the workforce about proposed redundancies contained in Part IV, Chapter II of Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (“TULRCA”) were introduced in order to imple...
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September 18, 2011
Unite & unionisation · Public sector membership – types of job groups · Benefits of unionisation and collective bargaining to employers, to workers, to society · Unite’s position on the budget cuts & what we are trying t...
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September 17, 2011
What's complex? • Significant financial loss/high value • Damage to reputation • Mission Creep – multiple causes and facts...
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September 17, 2011
History Section 196 Employment Rights Act 1996: “2. The provisions to which this subsection applies do not apply to employment where under the employee’s contract of employment he ordinarily works outside Great Britain” Secti...
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September 17, 2011
This paper covers, in summary form, most of the employment law UKSC decisions handed down or in the pipeline in 2011. The oral presentation will focus on the following cases... Autoclenz v Belcher & Others [2011] UKSC 41 Jivraj v ...
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