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Case of the week: Constructive dismissal following a TUPE transfer
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 01/09/2010
This week's case of the week, provided by Thomas Eggar LLP, covers constructive dismissal following a TUPE transfer.

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In the employment tribunals: September 2010
Source: XpertHR
Date: 01/09/2010
XpertHR provides summaries of recent employment tribunal rulings.

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In the employment tribunals: August 2010
Source: XpertHR
Date: 26/08/2010
XpertHR provides summaries of recent employment tribunal rulings.

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Equal pay: A local authority employer must be presumed to be a single establishment for equal pay purposes unless the facts demonstrate otherwise
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/08/2010
In City of Edinburgh Council v Wilkinson and others EATS/0002/09, the EAT held that the different departmental and geographical locations of the jobs held by the claimants and their comparators were not sufficient to rebut a presumption that the local authority was a single establishment. Even if that was not the case, the claimants and their comparators were engaged on common terms and conditions. Failing that, they were in the same employment because the comparators' conditions would be the same if they were to be employed at the claimants' establishments.

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Discipline: Private sector employee had no right to legal representation at disciplinary hearing
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/08/2010
In R (on the application of Kirk) v Middlesbrough Council and another [2010] IRLR 699 HC, the High Court held that a social worker accused of withholding information about a child protection investigation, of which she was the subject, from her private sector employer was not entitled to legal representation at a disciplinary hearing.

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Case of the week: Relevance of previous incidents to a decision to dismiss for misconduct
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 18/08/2010
This week's case of the week, provided by Thomas Eggar LLP, covers the relevance of previous incidents to a decision to dismiss for misconduct.

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Case of the week: Stigma damages for unfair dismissal
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 11/08/2010
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers stigma damages for unfair dismissal.

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Disciplinary proceedings: Employer had discretion to delay disciplinary proceedings pending police investigation
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 11/08/2010
In Secretary of State for Justice v Mansfield EAT/0539/09, the EAT held that the postponement of disciplinary proceedings pending the outcome of criminal proceedings in respect of the employee's alleged misconduct did not render his eventual dismissal unfair.

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Unfair dismissal: Employer should have challenged evidence of accuser
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 11/08/2010
In Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v Roldan [2010] EWCA Civ 522 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find a dismissal unfair where the reason for the dismissal included an allegation about a secondary incident that had not been particularised, and where there had been a failure to investigate a key dispute of fact between the accuser and accused.

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Disability discrimination and depression: employment tribunal decisions
Source: XpertHR case report
Date: 11/08/2010
This article summarises the main issues and outcomes in five tribunal cases where it was claimed that the employer committed disability discrimination against an employee with depression.

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