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Updated to reflect that the Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024, which will extend redundancy protection to employees returning from adoption leave, are expected to come into force on 6 April 2024.
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Updated to reflect that the Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024, which will extend redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents, are expected to come into force on 6 April 2024.
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- Date:
- 10 January 2024
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- Commentary and insights
As we plunge into a new year, HR professionals could be forgiven for losing track of all the upcoming employment law changes and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for 2024 and beyond, we round up the major legislative changes in the pipeline.
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In De Bank Haycocks v ADP RPO UK Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), overturned the tribunal's decision and held that the employee's dismissal for redundancy was unfair because there was an absence of meaningful consultation at the formative stage of the redundancy process.
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Updated to reflect the EAT's decision in Omar v Epping Forest District Citizens Advice, which confirmed that the relevant question for heat-of-the-moment resignations is whether the employee genuinely intended to resign.
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- 2 November 2023
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- Podcasts and webinars
We look at workplace scenarios that can strike fear into the heart of the most experienced HR professionals, including issues relating to: discipline and grievances; redundancy; and new legislation.
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- Employment law cases
In Alsnih v Al Quds Al-Arabi Publishing & Advertising, an employment tribunal held that the dismissal of an employee for refusing to use a work-related app on her personal phone was procedurally and substantively unfair.
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- Employment law cases
In Charalambous v National Bank of Greece, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the employee's dismissal was fair even though the manager who made the decision to dismiss had not attended the disciplinary hearings.
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Practical guidance on how to consult on an individual basis during a redundancy exercise, including principles for fair redundancy dismissals; what to discuss at individual redundancy meetings; consulting absent employees; and alternative employment.
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- Date:
- 27 June 2023
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- Podcasts and webinars
It is critical for employers to follow a fair procedure before dismissing an employee. Here, Fiona Cuming, senior employment law editor at XpertHR, discusses a series of recent employment tribunal decisions where unfair dismissal claims proved successful because of procedural mistakes made by the employer during the disciplinary process.