Employment Law Bulletin archive 2007

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ELB 823 12 December 2007
Guidance on identifying a step-one statement of grievance, Employment
Bill published, new statutory sick, maternity, adoption and paternity pay
rates announced, agency worker cases stayed pending Court of Appeal ruling,
Corus UK Ltd v Mainwaring, CEX Ltd v Lewis, model secondment agreement

ELB 822 28 November 2007
Retirement claims stayed pending outcome of Heyday challenge,
UK Coal Mining Ltd v (1) NUM (Northumberland Area) (2) BACM,
South Kent College v Hall, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v
Slater and others, model statement in advance of Christmas party

ELB 821 14 November 2007
Spanish case could herald defeat for UK over default retirement age,
proposed extension to right to request flexible working, Queen's speech
outlines employment legislation, McAdie v Royal Bank of Scotland plc,
Greenwood v Whiteghyll Plastics Ltd, model mentoring contract and form

ELB 820 31 October 2007
Paterson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council v Bainbridge and
others, documents on alternative employment for redundant
employees, worked examples launched, SSP and agency workers

ELB 819 17 October 2007
Amicus v Macmillan Publishers Ltd, Pennwell Publishing (UK)
Ltd v Orstein and others, Spanish law on compulsory
retirement not precluded by Directive, extended paternity
leave and pay pushed back to 2010, line manager briefing on
whistleblowing, model grievance record form

ELB 818 3 October 2007
Holiday entitlement increases, national minimum wage
rises, CEHR opens for business, GMB v Allen, documents
relating to voluntary redundancy, amendments to Sex
Discrimination Act postponed, DRC report

ELB 817 19 September 2007
Difficult holiday entitlement issues, XpertHR unveils new
site design, Brunel University, statutory dispute resolution
procedures case, contract for services document, letter
rejecting applicant for unsatisfactory reference


ELB 816 5 September 2007
Additional statutory annual leave entitlement, employment
tribunal claims increase, race victimisation and the burden of
proof, Oyarce, letter informing employee of holiday entitlement
increase, sex discrimination case digest

ELB 815 22 August 2007
TUPE and service provision changes, questions in Heyday
challenge finalised, government produces online holiday increase
calculator, Gravell v London Borough of Bexley, Harris v Towergate
London Market Ltd, policy on leave for elective surgery

ELB 814 8 August 2007
Acas reissues annual report, Corporate Manslaughter Act
receives royal assent, GMB did not discriminate in failing to
support equal pay claims, McMenemy, part-timers and bank
holidays, line manager briefing on disability discrimination

ELB 813 25 July 2007
Government consults on Single Equality Bill, Sandhu, Blundell,
Kennedy Scott Ltd, guidance on derecognising a union,
model domestic violence policy, letter rescheduling a
disciplinary appeal hearing, top 10 employment law myths

ELB 812 11 July 2007
DTI replaces with DBERR, ACAS extends conciliation service,
victimisation update, St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council,
O'Hanlon, procedure on conducting a disciplinary investigation,
employment intelligence: XpertHR blog

ELB 811 27 June 2007
Job evaluation schemes: no retrospective effect, draft working
time amendment Regulations available, how to deal with
keeping-in-touch days, model volunteering agreement, Software
2000 Ltd v Andrews, Bainbridge v Redcar & Cleveland Council

ELB 810 13 June 2007
Countdown to smoke-free legislation - how to and FAQs, sex
discrimination changes due on 1 October 2007, tribunals' lack
of flexibility over expired warnings, Airbus UK v Webb, Babula v
Waltham Forest College, Kuzel v Roche Products Ltd

ELB 809 30 May 2007
Review of procedural fairness in unfair dismissal, trade
union membership rules to be amended, consultation watch
- administation of paternity leave and pay, how to stay in touch
with employees on maternity leave, ASLEF v United Kingdom

ELB 808 16 May 2007
TUPE guidance updated to reflect EAT decision, FAQs and
worked examples on keeping-in-touch days, line manager
briefing on collective redundancies, model disaster contingency
plan and order of proceedings for a grievance hearing

ELB 807 2 May 2007
Agency workers' status, religion and belief discrimination
update, Cairns v Visteon UK Ltd, James v London Borough
of Greenwich, model smoking policy

ELB 806 18 April 2007
Focus on redundancy, pay for disabled employees
during sickness absence, part-timers' entitlement to
time off in lieu of Monday bank holidays, TGWU v
Brauer Coley Ltd

ELB 805 4 April 2007
Dispute resolution procedures, consequential age
discrimination amendments, YMCA Training v Stewart,
Scott-Davies v Redgate Medical Services, Keeley v
Fosroc International Ltd

ELB 804 22 March 2007
The right to request flexible working, Draper v Mears Ltd,
Prakash v Wolverhampton City Council, Mohmed v West
Coast Trains Ltd, line manager briefing on retirement

ELB 803, 7 March 2007
Equal pay case law update, perspective: grievance
procedure, Martins v (1) Bisset and (2) Castlehill Housing
Association Ltd, London Borough of Lambeth & others v
Corlett

ELB 802, 23 February 2007
Points of procedure round-up, Burlo v Langley and
another, May Gurney Ltd v Adshead and others

ELB 801, 9 February 2007
TUPE case law update, second consultation on
holiday entitlement increase

ELB 800, 26 January 2007
Employment law forecast 2007, cases to watch out for,
Massey v Amicus, Chairman and Governors of Amwell
View School v Dogherty, Masterfoods (a division of Mars
UK Ltd) v Wilson, Williams v North Tyneside Council