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- Date:
- 17 December 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In Badara v Pulse Healthcare Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer should not have relied solely on negative Home Office checks when it dismissed the employee for failing to provide right to work documentation.
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- Date:
- 3 December 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
HR professionals in public authorities may think that the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector in April 2020 will not affect them. However, public-sector bodies need to be aware of some proposed changes to the rules.
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- Date:
- 27 November 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
We look at how shift and night working operates in the police sector and some of the initiatives aimed at reducing the potential negative impact of such working patterns.
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- Date:
- 26 November 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd, the Court of Appeal reiterated the two-step test for an employment tribunal to follow when deciding if the claimant had a reasonable belief that the disclosures they were making were "in the public interest".
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- Date:
- 19 November 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In Ward v Fiducia Comprehensive Financial Planning Ltd, an employment tribunal upheld a claim for constructive unfair dismissal, finding that the employer had put inappropriate and excessive pressure on the employee to agree to an extended restrictive covenant following his resignation.
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- Date:
- 12 November 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
We look at the challenges that local authorities face in meeting the public sector apprenticeship target, alongside the opportunities that apprenticeships can present for local government employers.
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- Date:
- 1 November 2019
- Type:
- Law reports
In Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the Equality Act 2010 cannot be interpreted to make an NHS trust vicariously liable for race discrimination for a patient's racially motivated attack on a mental-health nurse.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on the FCA's findings on the implementation of the rules on research unbundling.
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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to reflect the European Council's approval of the Directive to strengthen whistleblower protection.
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- Date:
- 1 October 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) will apply to all Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) solo-regulated firms from 9 December 2019. In the second of her series of four articles, Sarah Leslie provides a checklist of the key steps that firms must take to prepare for its arrival, and the timeline.
