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Employment weekly highlights—16 September 2021

Employment weekly highlights—16 September 2021

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Civil stress claim after employment tribunal settlement not an abuse (Farnham-Oliver v RM Educational Resources Ltd)

Civil stress claim after employment tribunal settlement not an abuse (Farnham-Oliver v RM Educational Resources Ltd)

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Civil stress claim after employment tribunal settlement not an abuse (Farnham-Oliver v RM Educational Resources Ltd)

Redundancy dismissal not unfair through lack of appeal alone (Gwynedd Council v (1) Barratt (2) Hughes)

Redundancy dismissal not unfair through lack of appeal alone (Gwynedd Council v (1) Barratt (2) Hughes)

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Employment weekly highlights—9 September 2021

Employment weekly highlights—9 September 2021

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Indirect discrimination

Indirect discrimination

Indirect discriminationThis Practice Note considers unlawful indirect discrimination under Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010).There is a clear difference...

Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)

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 discrimination

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

Guarantee payments

Guarantee payments

Guarantee paymentsThis Practice Note explains the right to a guarantee payment, which provides limited pay protection for certain employees who are...

Practice notes

Smoking in the workplace

Smoking in the workplaceProviding a smoke-free workplace (in enclosed or substantially enclosed premises) has been obligatory in England since 1 July...
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19th May
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Office-holders

Office-holdersIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following...
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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...
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19th May
Q&As

How do you calculate the time limit for submitting an unfair dismissal claim to the employment tribunal?

How do you calculate the time limit for submitting an unfair dismissal claim to the employment tribunal?For information:•on time limits for the...
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19th May
Q&As

Where an employee works compressed hours, ie the same number of hours as a ‘normal’ full-time employee over fewer days, how should the employer calculate holiday entitlement, and how should the employer treat bank holidays if they fall on a day when the ‘compressed hours’ employee does not usually work?

Where an employee works compressed hours, ie the same number of hours as a ‘normal’ full-time employee over fewer days, how should the employer...
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19th May
Practice notes

Statutory minimum notice

Statutory minimum noticeSection 86 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) provides for a statutory minimum period of notice that must be given...
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19th May
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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...
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19th May
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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...
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19th May
Practice notes

Types of whistleblowing claim

Types of whistleblowing claimIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered...
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19th May
Practice notes

Early judicial assessment of employment tribunal cases

Early judicial assessment of employment tribunal casesCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Continuity of employment

Continuity of employmentUPDATE: In its ‘Good Work Plan’ published in December 2018, the government has indicated that it will legislate to extend the...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Calculators on Lexis®PSL Employment

Calculators on Lexis®PSL EmploymentThis Practice Note explains and summarises the suite of calculators designed specifically to assist employment...
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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...
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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...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Striking out and unless orders in employment tribunal proceedings

Striking out and unless orders in employment tribunal proceedingsCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Effective date of termination

Effective date of terminationWhere a qualifying period of employment is required to bring an unfair dismissal claim (see Practice Note: Entitlement to...
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19th May

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Q&As

Can an employee who does not have a UK contract of employment be placed on furlough under the coronavirus (COVID-19) job retention scheme?

Can an employee who does not have a UK contract of employment be placed on furlough under the coronavirus (COVID-19) job retention scheme?This Q&A...
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16th Aug
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Can a non-UK organisation with employees apply for a grant under the coronavirus (COVID-19) job retention scheme if it has created and started a pay as you earn payroll scheme on or before 28 February 2020 and has a UK bank account?

Can a non-UK organisation with employees apply for a grant under the coronavirus (COVID-19) job retention scheme if it has created and started a pay...
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16th Aug
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)—what are the potential tax consequences of working remotely, including cross-border employment tax issues?

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—what are the potential tax consequences of working remotely, including cross-border employment tax issues?As a result of...
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Q&As

If a worker who otherwise meets the eligibility conditions for statutory sick pay (SSP) is pinged or alerted by the National Health Service (NHS) coronavirus (COVID-19) app (and receives no other notification from the NHS Test and Trace), are they entitled to the SSP? If so, will the employer be able to recover the amount paid from the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme?

If a worker who otherwise meets the eligibility conditions for statutory sick pay (SSP) is pinged or alerted by the National Health Service (NHS)...
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16th Aug
Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—the pensions implications for employers

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—the pensions implications for employersCoronavirus (COVID-19) represents a big challenge for employers participating in pension...
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15th Aug
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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme—the pensions implications

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme—the pensions implicationsWhat is the CJRS?At Spring Budget 2020, the government announced several measures to help...
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15th Aug
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Precedents

Policy—lone working

Policy—lone working1Introduction1.1Both individual staff members who work alone and their managers have a duty to assess and reduce the risks lone...
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15th Aug
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Health and safety risk assessment

Health and safety risk assessmentPlease click for an Excel version of this risk assessment.Date[Insert date]1Introduction1.1This risk assessment...
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Produced in partnership with DG Legal 15th Aug
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—safe working in an office environment before 19 July 2021 [Archived]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—safe working in an office environment before 19 July 2021 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not...
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Produced in partnership with Melanie O'Brien of DG Legal 15th Aug
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Practice notes

Lone working

Lone workingWhat's the issue?The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines lone workers as people who work by themselves without close or direct...
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15th Aug
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Conducting a health and safety risk assessment

Conducting a health and safety risk assessmentHaving in place a well-thought-out and accessible structure on health and safety could help enable an...
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Produced in partnership with Melanie O'Brien of DG Legal 15th Aug
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact on share schemes

Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact on share schemesThe government has announced a number of measures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis...
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15th Aug
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact on executive pay

Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact on executive payThe government has announced a number of measures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. For...
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15th Aug
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Practice notes

Risk assessments, suspension or removal from work relating to maternity

Risk assessments, suspension or removal from work relating to maternityCoronavirus (COVID-19): Issues relating to risk assessments, suspension and...
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13th Aug
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Practice notes

Health and safety—protection from detriment and dismissal

Health and safety—protection from detriment and dismissalIP COMPLETION DAY: The Brexit transition period ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. At this...
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13th Aug
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Practice notes

Hybrid working

Hybrid workingThis Practice Note examines the legal and practical issues for an employer to consider in relation to hybrid working, sometimes known as...
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13th Aug
Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—issues when ending furlough or terminating employment

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—issues when ending furlough or terminating employmentThis Practice Note considers issues for employers when ending furlough or...
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13th Aug
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Q&As

Could the Brexit transition period be extended due to coronavirus (COVID-19)?

Could the Brexit transition period be extended due to coronavirus (COVID-19)?Responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting government...
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12th Aug
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Precedents

Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety—policy schedule—factories, plants and warehouses

Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety—policy schedule—factories, plants and warehousesIntroductionThis schedule forms part of the Company’s Coronavirus...
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12th Aug
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety—policy schedule—offices and contact centres

Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety—policy schedule—offices and contact centresIntroductionThis schedule forms part of the Company’s Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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12th Aug
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Form of transfer of shares

Form of transfer of shares

Form of transfer of sharesThere are a number of circumstances in which shares in a company may be transferred, eg upon a sale of the shares, through the transmission of the shares by operation of law (eg upon the death or bankruptcy of a shareholder), by gift or upon the enforcement of a charge. For

The commercialisation of sport

The commercialisation of sport

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. At this point in time (referred to in UK law as ‘IP completion day’), key transitional arrangements come to an end and significant

Lease transactions toolkit (environmental issues)—Commercial Property Standard Enquiries and additional

Lease transactions toolkit (environmental issues)—Commercial Property Standard Enquiries and additional

Commercial Property Standard EnquiriesThe Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE) have become the industry standard pre-contract enquiries for commercial property transactions:•CPSE.1 (version 3.8) General pre-contract enquiries for all commercial property transactions•CPSE.2 (version 3.4)

Contractual damages—non-pecuniary losses

Contractual damages—non-pecuniary losses

Contractual damages—non-pecuniary lossesThis Practice Note considers the different categories of contractual damages that may be available for non-financial loss (non-pecuniary loss), ie punitive damages, damages for loss of enjoyment and loss of amenity, restitutionary damages and negotiating