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TUPE 2006 will likely apply when acquiring businesses through an asset purchase. You’ll need to consider due diligence, consultation obligations, employees and liabilities transferred to the buyer.
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This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) a webinar from Lexis+ UK Employment team member Cathy Hoar, and Stephen Ratcliffe of Baker...
Law360: The UK's proposed Fair Work Agency will be 'more than the sum of its parts', the heads of the labour enforcement bodies being absorbed to form...
Law360, London: An insurance industry trade body said on 9 December 2024 that the sector increased its senior management-level representation of women...
Law360, London: The head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) called for the UK to pay whistleblowers in economic crime cases, admitting on 10 December...
The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland has launched a public consultation on the draft Gender Pay Gap Information Regulations, as mandated...
Non-standard EAT case management considerationsSTOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155 (ET Rules 2024) in force from 6...
Preliminary hearings in the employment tribunalSTOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155 (ET Rules 2024) in force from 6...
Employment tribunal case managementSTOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155 (ET Rules 2024) in force from 6 January...
Private hearings, restricted reporting, protecting individuals’ identity and national security: employment tribunalsSTOP PRESS: The Employment...
Evidence in disability discrimination claimsSTOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155 (ET Rules 2024) in force from 6...
Sexual harassment checklist for employers—steps to takeThis Precedent is a checklist for an employer to use setting out some of the steps that it may...
Sexual harassment action plan and monitoring logThis is a template action plan and monitoring log for an employer to use when taking steps to prevent...
Application—disclosure and inspectionSTOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155 (ET Rules 2024) in force from 6 January...
Application—additional information (further and better particulars)STOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155 (ET Rules...
Application—strike out or deposit orderSTOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155 (ET Rules 2024) in force from 6 January...
The term of trust and confidenceThis Practice Note analyses the term or duty of mutual trust and confidence (in a fiduciary sense) implied or imposed...
Letter—resignation from directorshipThe [Secretary OR Directors][insert company name][insert company address][Insert date]Dear [[insert name] OR...
Liability of employers for the acts of their employees and othersThis Practice Note considers the test for an employer’s vicarious liability in tort,...
Employment analysis: According to a Written Statement to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and proposals set out in a...
Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)The right to notice means a right for the employee to remain in employment for the period of notice, not simply to be...
Unfair dismissal remedies—generalstyle="width: 100%">Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay)...
Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert...
Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)[to be typed on employer letterhead][Name of Employee][Address][Date]Dear [insert name of...
Definition of redundancyThis Practice Note examines the two different statutory definitions of 'redundancy'.The first is found in the Employment...
Sick payThis Practice Note considers contractual sick pay (sometimes known as occupational sick pay) and entitlement to statutory sick pay (SSP) under...
Pre-employment checksFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Under section 193 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (PCSCA 2022) the time it takes for...
Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissalTo succeed in a claim of unfair dismissal, the claimant must establish that they were dismissed by the...
Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)[To be typed on headed notepaper of...
Letter—from employer to employee regarding hybrid working arrangements[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of...
The unfair dismissal compensatory awardAn award of compensation for unfair dismissal generally consists of a basic award and a compensatory award. The...
An individual who is employed or hired by an employment agency to work for the agency's client.
The concept that a female or male worker is entitled to equal pay for equal work when compared with the opposite sex.
A category of worker who is engaged by the employer for a fixed period of time.