Case round-up
This report relates to 4 case(s)
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BUPA Care Homes (BNH) Ltd v Cann; Spillett v Tesco Stores Ltd [2006] IRLR 248 EAT
(3 other reports)
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- 29 December 2006
This article, the second in a two-part series on disability discrimination, looks at some of the recent key disability discrimination judgments.
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- 23 June 2006
In BUPA Care Homes (BHN) Ltd v Cann; Spillett v Tesco Stores Ltd [2006] IRLR 248 EAT the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that an employment tribunal may exercise its discretion to hear a discrimination complaint where the step-one grievance was submitted more than four months after the act of discrimination complained of.
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- 1 April 2006
In the joined cases of BUPA Care Homes (BHN) Ltd v Cann and Spillett v Tesco plc (22 February 2006), the EAT clarifies an important point of interpretation and holds that the tribunal's power to extend the time limit for submitting a claim of discrimination is not restricted by the time limit relating to the statutory grievance procedures.
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Hawley v Luminar Leisure Ltd and others [2006] IRLR 817 CA
(2 other reports)
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- 2 June 2006
In Hawley v Luminar Leisure and others [2006] EWCA Civ 18 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that responsibility for controlling a worker passed to his "temporary deemed employer", and it was unsuccessful in its attempt to persuade the court to make a finding of dual vicarious liability.
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- 21 February 2006
This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering vicarious liability.
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Matthews and others v Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority and others [2006] IRLR 367 HL
(2 other reports)
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- 19 May 2006
In Matthews and others v Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority and others [2006] UKHL 8, the House of Lords held that in the assessment of whether full- and part-time workers are employed on broadly similar work, both the differences and the similarities between the two groups should be considered and an overall assessment made.
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- 14 March 2006
Part-time staff claiming the same rights as full-timers have received a major boost from a crucial decision by the House of Lords.
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Sweetin v Coral Racing [2006] IRLR 252 EAT
(3 other reports)
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- 2 February 2007
This article looks at some of the important judgments in the area of the transfer of undertakings over the past year.
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- 7 April 2006
In Sweetin v Coral Racing, the EAT holds that awards of compensation for a failure to inform and consult about staff transfers under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations should be penal and not compensatory.
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- 14 February 2006
Awards of compensation for a failure to inform and consult about staff transfers under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) should be penal and not compensatory, according to the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Sweetin v Coral Racing.
Joe Glavina, of Addleshaw Goddard outlines the latest legal rulings and explains what you need to do to avoid tribunals.
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