Smoking in the workplaceProviding a smoke-free workplace (in enclosed or substantially enclosed premises) has been obligatory in England since 1 July...
Sunday workingFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Certain aspects of the protections afforded under the ERA 1996 to shop and betting workers are to be strengthened by...
Statutory minimum noticeSection 86 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) provides for a statutory minimum period of notice that must be given...
Early judicial assessment of employment tribunal casesCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland...
Continuity of employmentUPDATE: In its ‘Good Work Plan’ published in December 2018, the government has indicated that it will legislate to extend the...
Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedingsCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the...
Striking out and unless orders in employment tribunal proceedingsCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and...
Effective date of terminationWhere a qualifying period of employment is required to bring an unfair dismissal claim (see Practice Note: Entitlement to...
Where an individual accepts an employer's offer of a new job, but the employer subsequently withdraws the offer before the start date, what claims are...
Where an employee on a fixed-term contract with no provision for termination on notice is dismissed before the end of the fixed term, does the duty to...
ET3 grounds for resisting claim and counterclaim—breach of contract[Insert in para 6.1 of response form ET3:]Example 11It is admitted that on [insert...
Interest in wrongful dismissal claimsClaimants who bring successful wrongful dismissal claims, which result in an award of compensation, may receive...
Wrongful dismissal compensationThis Practice Note examines the remedies (heads of claim) available in the case of dismissal in breach of an employment...
High Court and County Court employment claimsUPDATE: On 26 September 2018 the Law Commission launched a Consultation paper on Employment Law Hearing...
ET1 grounds of claim—breach of contract[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1[[Example 1:] The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as a [sales...
Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claimsPension loss will generally only arise in cases where an individual has lost their job and the...
Receipt—ex gratia termination paymentI, [insert employee’s name] of [insert address], acknowledge that I have today received from [insert employer’s...
Gross misconductGross misconduct is behaviour by an employee which is so bad that the employer cannot be expected to employ the employee any longer....
Can an employer dismiss an employee during his probationary period after only four months service because he has underperformed, without going through...
If a junior employee follows instructions from a senior employee and by following those instructions they commit an act of misconduct, can the junior...
If an employer terminates an employee's contract by giving pay in lieu of notice and asks him to return his company car, how should the pay in lieu be...
If an employee who has given notice of termination in accordance with the contract of employment commits an act of gross misconduct during the notice...
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