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Dismissal

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  • Type:
    How to

    How to implement a lay-off or short-time working

    Practical guidance on implementing a lay-off or short-time working, including entitlement to guarantee payments and statutory redundancy pay.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Compensation - dismissal

    Updated to reflect an increase in the basic and compensatory awards for unfair dismissal claims, with effect from 6 April 2023.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Compensation - pay and statutory payments

    Updated to take into account the increase in the cap on a week's pay with effect from 6 April 2023.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Maximum unfair dismissal compensation award - historical data

    Updated to reflect an increase in the maximum unfair dismissal compensatory award, with effect from 6 April 2023.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Automatic unfair dismissal

    Updated to reflect the increase in compensation limits in cases of unfair dismissal, effective from 6 April 2023.

  • Date:
    24 March 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2023 employment law changes: Four tasks for HR

    HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2023. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay.

  • Date:
    6 March 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: How to manage restructuring and redundancy in 2023

    The current economic climate is forcing businesses to make difficult decisions as they grapple with high inflation, a deflated economy and an increasing financial burden. Luke Bowery offers an overview of the legal framework and considers alternatives to redundancy.

  • Date:
    25 January 2023
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Dismissal for offensive tweets was unfair but compensation reduced by 100%

    In Weller v First MTR South Western Trains Ltd, an employment tribunal found that the dismissal of a train driver for offensive Twitter posts was unfair but declined to award any compensation.

  • Date:
    17 January 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Key employment cases of 2022/2023

    We reflect on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge in 2023. These include cases on: gender identity, holiday pay, coronavirus-related health and safety cases, industrial action, and dismissal and re-engagement.

  • Date:
    16 January 2023
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Disability discrimination: Adjustments should have been made to redundancy selection process

    In Jandu v Marks and Spencer plc ET/2200275/21, an employment tribunal held that the retailer had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments by failing to discount any disability-related effects when assessing the employee against the redundancy selection criteria.