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Employment disputes

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  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Employment tribunal round-ups

    Our employment tribunal round-ups bring together recent decisions on HR topics and provide practical tips for employers based on each case.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Tribunal procedures and penalties

    Updated to reflect the launch of a Government consultation on introducing employment tribunal fees.

  • Date:
    21 September 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Dealing with industrial unrest

    Nick Chronias, partner in DAC Beachcroft's employment and pensions group discusses the steps employers can take to avoid industrial action and what obligations employers have once a ballot for industrial action has been successful among employees who are members of a trade union.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Employment tribunals and dispute resolution: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

    Updated to include reference to a new practice direction and guidance on the use of witness statements in Scotland.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Tribunal claims

    Updated to reflect the number of claims accepted by employment tribunals in 2020/21.

  • Date:
    13 July 2022
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Mishandled disciplinary procedures: Employment tribunal round-up

    We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that the mishandling of the disciplinary process rendered their dismissals unfair.

  • Date:
    1 July 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment law changes 2022: Mid-year progress report for HR

    As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.

  • Date:
    24 June 2022
    Type:
    Editor's choice

    Check out our meeting/hearing checklists for HR/line managers

    Our popular Policies and documents tool includes a selection of checklists to assist HR and line managers when holding some common meetings or hearings related to a number of key workplace processes.

  • Date:
    14 June 2022
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Acas code applies to dismissal disguised as redundancy

    In Rentplus UK Ltd v Coulson, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employer cannot escape the requirements of the "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" by disguising a dismissal for misconduct or poor performance as a redundancy.

  • Date:
    7 April 2022
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Discrimination awards: Employment tribunal round-up

    We look at four recent discrimination cases where the tribunals upheld the claims and ordered the employers to pay compensation, including one of the highest ever discrimination awards.

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