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Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

Employment weekly highlights—22 July 2021

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Employment weekly highlights—22 July 2021

Face coverings remain mandatory in employment tribunals in England and Wales

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Face coverings remain mandatory in employment tribunals in England and Wales

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Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)

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...

Direct discrimination

Direct discriminationIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...

Guide to using the Lexis®PSL Employment Schedule of Loss application

Guide to using the Lexis®PSL Employment Schedule of Loss applicationThe automated unfair dismissal schedule of loss is designed to make the...

How are the post-employment notice pay (PENP) provisions applied in circumstances where the employee is (a) on long-term sickness absence and has exhausted his entitlement to sick pay, or (b) has been dismissed summarily without notice?

How are the post-employment notice pay (PENP) provisions applied in circumstances where the employee is (a) on long-term sickness absence and has...

Precedents

Claimant’s schedule of loss—unfair dismissal

In the employment tribunalsCase no: [Insert case number]Between:[insert name of claimant]Claimantand[insert name of respondent]RespondentClaimant's...

19th May

Practice notes

The term of trust and confidence

The term of trust and confidenceEvery contract of employment is treated as containing an imposed term of trust and confidence. This requires employers...

19th May

COVID-19

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Practice notes

Unfair dismissal remedies—general

Unfair dismissal remedies—generalCoronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020...

19th May

Practice notes

Discrimination arising from disability

Discrimination arising from disabilityThis Practice Note covers an Equality Act 2010 provision which had no equivalent under the law which applied...

19th May

Practice notes

Equality of terms: definition of 'pay'

Equality of terms: definition of 'pay'IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...

19th May

Practice notes

The early conciliation requirement

The early conciliation requirementCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the...

19th May

In-house

Practice notes

Definition of redundancy

Definition of redundancyIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...

19th May

COVID-19

In-house

Practice notes

No response, rejected response or claim not contested: employment tribunals

No response, rejected response or claim not contested: employment tribunalsCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England,...

19th May

Practice notes

Sunday working

Sunday workingFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Certain aspects of the protections afforded under the ERA 1996 to shop and betting workers are to be strengthened by...

19th May

Practice notes

Redundancy—fair procedure: individual consultation

Redundancy—fair procedure: individual consultationWhere there is no statutory obligation to consult with any existing employee representatives (see...

19th May

In-house

Practice notes

Time off work for antenatal appointments

Time off work for antenatal appointmentsAn employer or, where applicable, a temporary work agency or hirer, cannot unreasonably refuse to allow a...

19th May

Practice notes

Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedings

Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedingsCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the...

19th May

Practice notes

Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissal

Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissalTo succeed in a claim of unfair dismissal, the claimant must establish that they were dismissed by the...

19th May

In-house

Practice notes

Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplace

Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplaceThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction people have to...

19th May

COVID-19

Precedents

ET3 grounds of resistance—unfair dismissal: protected disclosure

1Paragraph 1 of the Grounds of Claim is admitted.2As to paragraph 2 of the Grounds of Claim, it is denied that the Claimant’s colleagues were...

19th May

Practice notes

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claims

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claimsPension loss will generally only arise in cases where an individual has lost their job and the...

Produced in partnership with Keith Bryant QC of Outer Temple Chambers. 19th May

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Directors’ remuneration—institutional investor guidelines

Directors’ remuneration—institutional investor guidelinesBackgroundThe remuneration of quoted company executive directors is subject to greater...

19th Jul

Practice notes

Dismissing a senior executive

Dismissing a senior executiveThis Practice Note outlines the legal and practical issues to be considered when dismissing a senior executive or an...

13th Jul

In-house

Precedents

Executive service agreement

Executive service agreementThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Name of company], a company incorporated in England with registered number...

7th Jul

In-house

Precedents

Executive service agreement (short form)

Executive service agreement (short form)This Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Name of company], a company incorporated in England with registered...

7th Jul

Precedents

Letter—non-executive director appointment

Letter—non-executive director appointment[To be typed on Company headed notepaper, including the company number]Private & Confidential[Enter name and...

25th Jun

Practice notes

Office-holders

Office-holdersIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following...

24th Jun

Precedents

Stand-alone clawback agreement

Stand-alone clawback agreementThis Agreement is made on [date] between the following parties:Parties1[name of employer] [Limited OR Plc], a company...

Produced in partnership with Sam Whitaker of Shearman & Sterling 7th Jun

Q&As

If an employee director is placed on furlough under the coronavirus (COVID-19) job retention scheme, what is the effect on their duties as a director?

If an employee director is placed on furlough under the coronavirus (COVID-19) job retention scheme, what is the effect on their duties as a...

5th Jun

COVID-19

Q&As

I see that the UK Corporate Governance Code has been updated. What changes do employment lawyers need to be aware of?

I see that the UK Corporate Governance Code has been updated. What changes do employment lawyers need to be aware of?All companies (both UK and...

5th Jun

Q&As

Where an executive director’s employment has been suspended due to gross misconduct, do they still have the authority to obtain information from the company when they are not required to carry out their duties? Can they also be prevented from attending future board meetings or accessing board minutes that do not relate to their position in the company?

Where an executive director’s employment has been suspended due to gross misconduct, do they still have the authority to obtain information from the...

5th Jun

Q&As

Are there any particular considerations an employer needs to take into account in deciding whether to designate a director as a ‘furloughed worker’ under the coronavirus job retention scheme?

Are there any particular considerations an employer needs to take into account in deciding whether to designate a director as a ‘furloughed worker’...

5th Jun

COVID-19

Q&As

Where a company has adopted the model articles for private companies limited by shares, can a director be suspended from the board of directors pending an investigation into their alleged misconduct?

Where a company has adopted the model articles for private companies limited by shares, can a director be suspended from the board of directors...

5th Jun

Q&As

Where an existing director is being asked to enter into a new service agreement, how should the date of commencement and date of commencement of continuous employment be dealt with in the new service agreement, and is it usual to include another probationary period?

Where an existing director is being asked to enter into a new service agreement, how should the date of commencement and date of commencement of...

5th Jun

Q&As

Does the ongoing duty for ex-directors to avoid conflicts of interest in the Companies Act 2006 cover a duty not to poach key staff?

Does the ongoing duty for ex-directors to avoid conflicts of interest in the Companies Act 2006 cover a duty not to poach key staff?Sections 171–177...

5th Jun

Practice notes

Malus and clawback

Malus and clawbackFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 18 March 2021, it was announced that the government was launching a consultation on wide-ranging reforms to...

Produced in partnership with Nick Hipwell, Sarah Ferguson and Chris Baker of DLA Piper 5th Jun

Q&As

Is a non-executive director eligible for statutory sick pay?

Is a non-executive director eligible for statutory sick pay?In order to be eligible for statutory sick pay (SSP) an individual must:•be an employee as...

5th Jun

Precedents

Clawback clause

Clawback clauseFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 18 March 2021, it was announced that the government was launching a consultation on wide-ranging reforms to...

Produced in partnership with Sam Whitaker of Shearman & Sterling 5th Jun

Practice notes

Issues to consider when advising a director on a service agreement

Issues to consider when advising a director on a service agreementThis Practice Note explores the issues to consider when acting for an executive...

5th Jun

Practice notes

Directors' duties—directors' conduct: CA 2006, ss 171–174

Directors' duties—directors' conduct: CA 2006, ss 171–174The main directors’ duties developed by the courts were set out in statute for the first time...

5th Jun

Sustainable Business Toolkit

Practice notes

Payments for a director’s loss of office—share transfer

Payments for a director’s loss of office—share transferThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) contains provisions relating to payments made by a company to...

5th Jun

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Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

Employment weekly highlights—22 July 2021

Face coverings remain mandatory in employment tribunals in England and Wales

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Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)

Direct discrimination

Guide to using the Lexis®PSL Employment Schedule of Loss application

How are the post-employment notice pay (PENP) provisions applied in circumstances where the employee is (a) on long-term sickness absence and has exhausted his entitlement to sick pay, or (b) has been dismissed summarily without notice?

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