Are promises made during the interview legally binding?
What comprises an offer of employment?
Why are written terms of employment important?
Are conditional job offers binding?
What constitutes an acceptance of an offer of employment?
If an employer makes a job offer and the candidate accepts, can the employer change its mind and withdraw the job offer if nothing has yet been put in writing?
Where an individual has accepted an employment offer can the employer withdraw it where, for example, a freeze on recruitment has subsequently been put in place?
Where an individual accepts a job offer but subsequently accepts another offer from a different company will the first employer have any form of redress?
Can an employer withdraw a job offer if it subsequently discovers that the successful candidate is pregnant?
No, withdrawing a job offer because a potential employee is pregnant constitutes pregnancy and maternity discrimination contrary to the Equality Act 2010. This is the case even if the position for which she is applying is for a fixed term and she will not be able to see the term through, or if the position is to cover someone else's maternity leave.
There is no obligation on a job applicant to disclose her pregnancy to a potential employer at the interview, or before accepting the post.
Where the successful candidate has already accepted the job offer, withdrawing it at this stage would amount not only to pregnancy and maternity discrimination, but also to a breach of contract, and could give rise to a claim for automatic unfair dismissal (employees do not require any qualifying period of service to claim unfair dismissal where the reason for dismissal is pregnancy).
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Where an individual's employment offer is withdrawn due to an unsatisfactory reference does he or she have any right to see the reference?
Where an unsuccessful job applicant asks for details of why he or she was not offered the job is the employer obliged to disclose those details?
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Under the vetting and barring scheme, what constitutes "regulated activity" in relation to vulnerable adults?
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