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- Date:
- 2 August 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In James-Bowen and others v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the Supreme Court held that, when defending a claim of vicarious liability, the Commissioner did not owe a duty to her police officers to take reasonable care to protect them from economic and reputational harm.
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- Date:
- 1 May 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In University of Sunderland v Drossou, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that employer pension contributions should be included when calculating a "week's pay" under s.221(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model mediation policy, which deals with the relationship with disciplinary and grievance procedures, when mediation may be used, appointing a mediator, agreement to mediate, settlement agreements and confidentiality.
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- Type:
- Contract clauses
A model agreement to mediate, which deals with the parties, the dispute, the mediation, the mediator, other participants, confidentiality, privilege, settlement, costs of the mediation, and law and jurisdiction.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 11 April 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Fleming v East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that covert recordings of the private deliberations of the disciplinary panel were admissible as evidence, except for any content covered by legal professional privilege.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 21 March 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Santos Gomes v Higher Level Care Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that compensation for injury to feelings is not available in a claim under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) for a failure to provide 20-minute rest breaks..
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- Date:
- 21 February 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Hale v Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the decision to instigate the disciplinary procedure was not a one-off act, but the start of a state of affairs that would continue until the conclusion of the disciplinary process.
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- Date:
- 21 February 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service v Mansell and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that workers can be awarded compensation for injury to feelings in working time detriment claims.