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  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Supporting employees following redundancy: Alternatives to outplacement support

    Enhanced to include additional information on alternative sources of assistance for exiting employees.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Supporting employees following redundancy: Why assist exiting employees?

    Enhanced to include additional information on the importance of assisting exiting employees.

  • Date:
    14 March 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2022 employment law changes: Six tasks for HR

    HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2022. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay, and the end of HMRC's IR35 enforcement "grace period".

  • Date:
    10 February 2022
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Difficult pregnancies and pregnancy loss: Employment tribunal round-up

    We look at four employment tribunal cases in which the claimants successfully argued that they were discriminated against during difficult pregnancies and pregnancy loss.

  • Date:
    26 January 2022
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Coronavirus: Care-home worker fairly dismissed over vaccination refusal

    In Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a care-home worker was fairly dismissed when she refused to be vaccinated against coronavirus.

  • Date:
    25 January 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Key 2022 employment cases

    We highlight key cases due to be decided in 2022 and discuss their impact on HR. These include cases on: vicarious liability, holiday pay, agency workers, compulsory retirement ages, and coronavirus-related health and safety cases. We will also be reflecting on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge this year.

  • Date:
    6 January 2022
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Unfair dismissal: Dismissal for frivolous and vexatious grievances was fair

    In Hope v British Medical Association, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the tribunal was entitled to find that the employer had acted reasonably in dismissing the employee for bringing vexatious grievances and refusing to either pursue or withdraw those grievances.

  • Date:
    16 December 2021
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Pregnancy discrimination: "Egregious acts" permitted 25% Acas uplift to awards

    In Slade and another v Biggs and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the tribunal had been entitled to apply the 25% Acas uplift to the awards for aggravated damages and injury to feelings, given its findings of serious pregnancy discrimination.

  • Date:
    8 December 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in 2021. We count down the 10 most important judgments of the year that every employer should know about.

  • Date:
    3 December 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment law in 2022: Eight action points for HR

    As well as continuing to deal with workplace issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there will be many other important employment law developments for HR to grapple with in 2022. What does HR need to do to meet its obligations and prepare for the coming year?