In Ferguson and others v Astrea Asset Management Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the transferor's substantial improvements to the employment contracts of senior employees shortly before the transfer were void under TUPE legislation and the EU abuse of law principle.
A model letter to invite an employee to an individual consultation meeting to discuss a proposal to change a term in their contract of employment, where there is a contractual right to make that change.
A model letter to inform affected employees about a proposal to change contract terms where the change affects 20 or more employees. This letter can also be used to start the process for electing employee representatives for the purposes of collective consultation, where there are no appropriate existing representatives.
A model letter to notify appropriate representatives of a proposed change to employees' contracts of employment, where the change affects 20 or more employees.
In Abrahall and others v Nottingham City Council and another, the Court of Appeal held that a number of employees who had continued to work without protest throughout a two-year pay freeze had not agreed to a variation of their contracts of employment.
James Buckley, Iain Naylor, Chris McAvoy and Lucy Sorell are associates and Mona Jackson is a trainee solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.