Case round up

This report relates to 5 case(s)

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  Collins v Royal National Theatre Board Ltd [2004] IRLR 395 CA (1 other report)

  • Disability discrimination: Unreasonable failure to accommodate disabled employee cannot be justified

    Date:

    16 April 2004

    In Collins v Royal National Theatre Board Ltd the Court of Appeal holds: where an employment tribunal has found that an employer has failed to comply with the duty under s.6 of the DDA to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate a disabled employee, that failure cannot then be justified under s.5(4) of the DDA.

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  Crossley v Faithful & Gould Holdings Ltd [2004] IRLR 377 CA (2 other reports)

  • Contracts of employment: No implied duty to take care for employee's economic wellbeing

    Date:

    7 May 2004

    In Crossley v Faithful & Gould Holdings Ltd the Court of Appeal holds that there is no implied contractual obligation for an employer to take reasonable care for its employees' economic wellbeing.

  • Case round-up: entitlement to long-term disability insurance; and employment status

    Date:

    6 April 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: entitlement to long-term disability insurance; and employment status.

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  Dacas v Brook Street Bureau (UK) Ltd [2004] IRLR 358 CA (5 other reports)

  • Agency workers may gain pensions

    Date:

    1 June 2004

    Enterprises engaging agency workers through employment bureaux on a long-term basis should be aware that such workers could become their employees.

  • Employment status/agency worker: Worker not employee of agency

    Date:

    7 May 2004

    In Brook Street (UK) Ltd v Dacas, the Court of Appeal holds that where an agency's obligations to a worker (who provides his or her services to an end-user) do not extend to an obligation to continue providing that worker with work, and where that worker is under no obligation to continue working or to accept any placement offered to them by the agency, there can be no mutuality of obligations between those parties.

  • Court of Appeal changes temp rules

    Date:

    1 April 2004

    Organisations could face unfair dismissal claims from temporary workers after the Court of Appeal ruled that employers could be held liable for agency staff.

  • Temporary solutions could cause long-term problems

    Date:

    23 March 2004

    A Court of Appeal ruling on agency workers has made a clear signal to employers to avoid using temporary staff on anything but the most short-term jobs.

  • Tribunal ruling leaves employers vulnerable

    Date:

    16 March 2004

    Employers have been left open to a range of tribunal claims after a legal ruling found that bosses and not recruitment agencies can be held liable for temporary employees.

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  Harper v Virgin Net Ltd [2004] IRLR 390 CA (2 other reports)

  • Damages: EDT is end of statutory notice in summary dismissals

    Date:

    21 May 2004

    In Harper v Virgin Net Ltd the Court of Appeal holds under s.97(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, where an employee is summarily dismissed, that employee's effective date of termination ("EDT") is only extended to the end of the statutory notice period to which he or she would have been entitled, and not to the end of their contractual notice period.

  • Case round-up: dismissals for gross misconduct and losses of opportunity to claim unfair dismissal

    Date:

    30 March 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds covering: dismissals for gross misconduct and losses of opportunity to claim unfair dismissal.

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  Ramsey v Walkers Snack Foods Ltd; Hamblet and another v Walkers Snack Foods Ltd and another [2004] IRLR 754 EAT (0 other reports)