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  • Type:
    How to

    How to write and amend an employee handbook

    Practical guidance on writing and amending an employee handbook, including incorporation into the employment contract and varying the contract.

  • Date:
    10 January 2003
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Contracts of employment: Dismissal for "good cause" terminates long-term sickness benefits

    An employee on long-term sick leave who failed to maintain communication with his employer regarding his continued absence, and who had not provided continuous medical certificates, was lawfully dismissed so as to terminate any entitlement to benefits under the employer's permanent health insurance scheme, the Court of Appeal holds in Briscoe v Lubrizol Ltd.