Ending employment can be a challenging process, requiring careful adherence to legal obligations and best practices. This topic provides essential guidance for legal practitioners on navigating terminations, redundancies, and dismissals, ensuring compliance and minimising risk.
The government has published proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2024 to 2025 including in respect of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory...
ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant is a woman and the Respondent is [enter details,...
Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving...
Constructive dismissaldismissal of an employee by their employer will typically be at the instigation of the employer. In other words, the employer...
Redundancy—effect of death of employer or employeeDeath of the employer—effect at common lawAt common law, where an employer is a natural person (as opposed to a legal person, such as a corporate entity or partnership), the death of the employer frustrates and so terminates the contracts of
Garden leave and the right to workIn broad terms, putting an employee on 'garden leave' means the employer sending the employee home on full pay, usually during the employee's notice period when an employee has resigned or has been dismissed with notice. The employee remains employed by the employer
Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving contractual noticeAn employer can waive its right to receive contractual notice at any time. Any waiver of the right to notice should be carefully documented by
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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