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- Date:
- 19 August 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employment tribunal has found that an individual employed on three consecutive fixed-term contracts over almost a decade is a permanent employee, in a case that has significance for employers in sectors that regularly employ staff for a fixed term, such as teaching, IT and construction.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 5 August 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The employment tribunal in this case increased the amount of compensation awarded to an unfairly dismissed employee because of his employer's failure to provide a written statement of terms and conditions of employment or to dismiss him in accordance with the Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures.
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- Date:
- 28 July 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Dunn and anor v AAH Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 183 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employee was guilty of gross misconduct in failing to report a serious financial risk faced by his employer to its parent company. His contract expressly required such a report to be made, and it was not sufficient that he had reported all relevant matters to his line manager.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 1 July 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A written statement of employment particulars will not necessarily determine an employee's contractual terms and conditions, as this case demonstrates.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 1 June 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Malone and others v British Airways plc [2010] IRLR 431 HC, the High Court held that the provisions of a collective agreement purporting to set "minimum" cabin crew numbers for different routes and types of craft were not incorporated into individual employees' contracts of employment. In any event, an injunction would not be granted to restrain the employer from reducing cabin crew numbers below the levels specified, and, even if there had been a breach of contract, any award for damages would be for a nominal amount only.
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- Date:
- 1 June 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Helen Samuel, associate solicitor and Anna Bridges, associate solicitor, at Addleshaw Goddard, detail the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 13 April 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Bateman and others v Asda Stores Ltd EAT/0221/09, the EAT held that the employer was entitled to change its employees' pay arrangements without their consent because it had reserved a clear contractual right to make unilateral variations to their terms and conditions of employment.