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- Date:
- 22 January 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
With the Court of Appeal due to hear the appeal against the High Court decision in Agoreyo that the suspension of a teacher was a repudiatory breach of contract, consultant editor Darren Newman looks at the issue of suspension when it relates to safeguarding concerns.
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- Date:
- 5 December 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Awan v ICTS UK Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an implied term of the contract of employment prohibited the employer from dismissing the employee for medical capability while he was entitled to receive long-term disability benefits.
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- Date:
- 5 October 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Agarwal v Cardiff University and another; Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive t/a Nexus v Anderson and others, the Court of Appeal held that employment tribunals have jurisdiction to construe contractual terms in the context of a claim for unlawful deductions from wages.
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- Date:
- 21 June 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Roddis v Sheffield Hallam University, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a lecturer employed under a zero hours contract was employed under the same type of contract as a permanent full-time lecturer for the purposes of his claim of less favourable treatment under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/1551).
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to start consultation with employee representatives on a proposed variation to employees' terms and conditions of employment.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to invite an employee to an individual consultation meeting to discuss a proposal to change a term in their contract of employment, where there is a contractual right to make that change.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to inform affected employees about a proposal to change contract terms where the change affects 20 or more employees. This letter can also be used to start the process for electing employee representatives for the purposes of collective consultation, where there are no appropriate existing representatives.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to notify appropriate representatives of a proposed change to employees' contracts of employment, where the change affects 20 or more employees.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model procedure to set out the steps that the organisation will take when it seeks to vary terms and conditions of employment.
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- Date:
- 2 May 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Abrahall and others v Nottingham City Council and another, the Court of Appeal held that a number of employees who had continued to work without protest throughout a two-year pay freeze had not agreed to a variation of their contracts of employment.