Lay-offs and short-time working

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• Date:

  1 October 1977

  Type:

  Law reports

  IS Purdy v Willowbrook International Ltd

  In IS Purdy the Willowbrook International Ltd [1977] IRLR 388 IT, the Industrial Tribunal held that suitable alternative work need not be work which the employee is employed to do under his or her contract.

• Date:

  15 September 1977

  Type:

  Law reports

  Guarantee payments: What is a "reasonable requirement" for an employer to impose in a lay-off?

  In Meadows v Faithful Overalls Ltd, the Industrial Tribunal holds that it was reasonable for the company to ask employees to wait at the factory until oil for the central heating system arrived.