“Article 6(2) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment applied only to retirement or invalidity benefits under an occupational social security scheme.”
WLR Daily, 26th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Louise Corfield looks at what happens when decisions to terminate an employee overlap with a mutual separation.”
No. 5 Chambers, 16th September 2013
Source: www.no5.com
“The Government is not guaranteed a ‘favourable outcome’ in its appeal of a tribunal’s finding that consultation requirements under the collective redundancy rules were triggered when retailers made redundancies in multiple shops, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th September 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Housekeeper at Surrey home of Maya Von Schoenburg, former wife of Mercedes-Benz heir, awarded £19,000 in damages.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employers seeking to make redundancies at multiple business locations could be forced to consult employees on their plans following a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Nearly one in three civil legal aid practitioners reckon the LASPO cuts leave them at risk of redundancy. A report drawing on an on-line survey of 674 individuals working in legal aid found that almost two-thirds of specialist advisers felt at risk of redundancy (63.4%) and almost half of those fearing redundancy (44.8%) had more than 10 years’ experience.”
Legal Voice, 5th April 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“A raft of changes to the way your employer can treat you will be introduced this summer in a bill that, critics say, will make it quicker and cheaper to sack staff.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Enhanced redundancy payments made to workers over the age of 35 were not discriminatory because they reflected the extra problems older workers face when losing their jobs, a tribunal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The period of notice which employers have to give before making large-scale redundancies is to be cut from 90 to 45 days.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rules barring foreign and Commonwealth troops serving in the British armed forces from settling in the UK if they incur minor disciplinary convictions are to be relaxed. The Home Office will announce on Thursday that personnel with only minor disciplinary convictions will be able to stay on in Britain after they leave the services, Channel 4 News reported.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government of the United States of America v Nolan (Case C-583/10); [2012] WLR (D) 280
“Since civilian employees at a military base were covered by the exemption from the provisions of Council Directive 98/59/EC provided by article 1(2)(b), the Court of Justice of the European Union did not have jurisdiction, on a reference in proceedings concerning dismissals resulting from a strategic decision concerning the closure of a military base, to give an interpretation of the provisions of that Directove, even though domestic law implemented it.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Discrimination against armed forces veterans could become against the law after the government agreed to cross-party talks aimed at giving new rights to protect former members of the military.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics paint a gloomy picture of the UK economy: two successive periods of negative economic growth; in economic terms, a recession. Experts debate the prognosis for the next few years, but it is inevitable that jobs will be lost and employers will be looking at ways to cut costs from their existing workforce. In this paper, I shall examine the law concerning changes to terms and conditions, and highlight recent case law on making redundancies.”
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11 KBW, 1st June 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 330; [2012] WLR (D) 97
“For the purposes of a claim for age discrimination under regulation 3 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, where an employer gave notice of dismissal to an employee on the grounds of redundancy, it was a legitimate part of the aim of the employer in giving that notice to ensure that when giving effect to it, the dismissal also saved the employer additional costs that, had it not timed the dismissal as it did, it was likely to have incurred by reason of the employee’s age.”
WLR Daily, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Employment lawyers have given a mixed response to an eagerly anticipated Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling on whether discrimination can be justified by saving costs.”
The Lawyer, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A businesswoman sacked after a night entertaining clients ended in spectacular embarrassment has had her hopes of a compensation payout boosted by a tribunal ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Former Woolworths employees have been awarded a total of up to £67.8m in compensation, the shopworkers’ union Usdaw said on Friday.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The 90 day minimum consultation period for collective redundancies may be restricting business and could be reduced as part of the most radical reform to employment law for decades, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Legal profession weathered first downturn but redundancies are more likely if recession returns.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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