On appeal: Holiday pay, dismissal and mitigating loss

This report relates to 3 case(s)

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  Eastwood and another v Magnox Electric plc [2002] IRLR 447 CA (3 other reports)

  • End to big stress payouts

    Date:

    1 November 2002

    A Court of Appeal ruling could mean the days of massive county court compensation pay-outs for cases of stress are numbered.

  • Court's ruling could cut big stress payouts

    Date:

    10 September 2002

    The number of massive compensation payouts awarded for stress by the county courts could be slashed following a Court of Appeal ruling.

  • Implied terms: No common law remedy where unfair treatment culminates in dismissal

    Date:

    15 May 2002

    In Eastwood and Williams v Magnox Electric plc, the Court of Appeal holds that employees who claimed that they were subjected to months of bullying and harassment and then unfairly dismissed, could not bring a county court claim for damages for breach of either the implied term of mutual trust and confidence or the duty of care owed by the employer to the employee.

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  MPB Structures Ltd v Munro [2002] IRLR 601 EAT (3 other reports)

  • Working time: Holiday pay must be paid as and when holiday is taken

    Date:

    30 December 2002

    In MPB Structure Ltd v Munro, the EAT in Scotland holds that the Working Time Regulations 1998 require holiday pay to be paid at the appropriate rate as and when the holiday is taken.

  • Unlawful holiday pay ruling could cost employers dear

    Date:

    1 July 2002

    Employers who pay holiday pay by putting extra into the weekly or monthly pay packet could be liable for arrears dating back to 1998 following a ruling that it is unlawful.

  • Case roundup: stress claims and holiday pay funds

    Date:

    21 May 2002

    This week's case roundup from Eversheds, covering stress claims and holiday pay funds.

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  Wilding v British Telecommunications plc [2002] IRLR 524 CA (2 other reports)

  • Mitigation of loss: Refusing re-employment offer was a failure to mitigate loss

    Date:

    9 December 2002

    In Wilding v British Telecommunications plc, the Court of Appeal upholds a decision by an employment tribunal that, by refusing an offer of part-time re-employment, an employee who had been unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on the ground of his disability had thereby failed to mitigate his loss.

  • Case roundup: Mitigation of loss and unlawful deductions from wages

    Date:

    16 April 2002

    This week's case roundup, covering whether an employee's refusal of an offer of part-time work was unreasonable and whether the reduction of an employee's salary following disciplinary action and demotion constituted an unlawful deduction from wages.