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A round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported in the week beginning 6 May 2013, during which a tribunal found that a dental nurse was constructively dismissed after warnings over eating an apple while on reception, using her mobile for personal calls, and going on Facebook during work time.

Dental nurse wins case after being given written warning for eating apple (on the Daily Telegraph website) A dental nurse who was given a written warning by bosses for eating an apple has won a case for constructive dismissal against the surgery.

A round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported in the week beginning 22 April 2013, including a tribunal finding that six parking enforcement workers who were made redundant when the services they provided were outsourced to a private company and their jobs relocated from Barnet to Croydon and Lancing.

Unison wins unfair dismissal claim for workers transferred from Barnet to Croydon or Lancing (on the Unison website) Unison has won unfair dismissal claims in Besagni and others v NSL and RR Donnelly for six parking enforcement workers who were made redundant when the services they provided were sold off to a private company and their jobs relocated from Barnet to Croydon or Lancing.

We round up what caught Tribunal Watch's eye on Twitter in the week beginning 22 April 2013, including the enactment in Parliament of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which makes a wide range of changes to employment law and tribunal procedure, and Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013, which allows for the introduction of employee-shareholder contracts.

We round up what caught Tribunal Watch's eye on Twitter in the week beginning 1 April 2013, during which the Government has failed to publish the final version of legislation to reduce the minimum consultation period for large-scale redundancies, due to come into force on 6 April 2013.

Some commentators have pointed out that the final wording of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 is important because, if it is the same wording as the draft version, the new rules apply where a proposal is "made" on or after 6 April 2013 for 100 or more redundancies, which could cause confusion.

Update (9 April): The final version of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 was published on the UK legislation website on 9 April 2013.

A round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported in the week beginning 25 March 2013, including an award of 45 days' pay to 36 call centre workers for Capita's failure to provide Unison with information on agency workers when consulting on proposed redundancies.

Unison victory for Lambeth Council workers (on the Unison website) Capita has been found to have not provided information on agency workers to consult fully with Unison in relation to the proposed redundancy of 36 call centre workers.

Note: In February 2013, another employment tribunal found in Unison v London Borough of Barnet and another that Barnet Council was in breach of its duty to provide Unison with the required information on agency workers during redundancy and TUPE consultations.

A round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported in the week beginning 18 March 2013, including two tribunals considering whether or not EE Ltd, which owns the T-Mobile and Orange brands, and B&Q were right to dismiss employees over derogatory comments on Facebook about their workplaces.

The Social Media Law Project is a new website that allows the collaborative development of an open source social media policy and provides a consolidated source for social media case law, legislation, guidance and research.

A round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported in the week beginning 18 February 2013, including a council worker being awarded £67,995 for unfair dismissal after pointing out inaccuracies in a report about children at risk of abuse.

Council worker who lifted the lid on mistakes in children at risk records wins £70,000 payout for being sacked unfairly (on the Daily Mail website) A council worker sacked after pointing out inaccuracies in a report about children at risk of abuse has been awarded £67,995 in an unfair dismissal case.

We round up what caught Tribunal Watch's eye on Twitter in the week beginning 18 February 2013, during which the important case for employers of United States of America v Nolan has been set to be heard by the Court of Appeal on 10 or 11 June 2013, after the European Court of Justice said that it did not have jurisdiction to hear the case.

We round up what caught Tribunal Watch's eye on Twitter in the week beginning 4 February 2013, during which the Government faced heavy criticism in a House of Lords debate over its proposed new type of "employee-shareholder" contract of employment (on the UK Parliament website), under which employees will be given shares in exchange for waiving certain employment rights.

The Government has published draft legislation coming into force on 6 April 2013 to reduce the collective redundancy consultation period from 90 to 45 days where 100 or more redundancies are proposed.

The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 amends the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, which sets out that consultation must begin at least 90 days before the first dismissal takes effect where the employer is proposing to dismiss as redundant 100 or more employees at one establishment.

Importantly, the change applies only to proposals for redundancies that are "made" on or after 6 April 2013. It does not affect redundancy consultations that have already begun, and are still ongoing, on 6 April 2013.

The Order also means that fixed-term contracts that have reached their natural conclusion will be excluded from the obligation to consult collectively.

Update (9 April): The final version of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 was published on the UK legislation website on 9 April 2013.