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The impact of COVID-19 and returning to work on mental health

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Unfair dismissal: 'manner' of carrying out health and safety activity is rarely separable from that activity (Sinclair v Trackwork Ltd)

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Employment weekly highlights—6 May 2021

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No direct sex discrimination where non-payment of allowance was due to ‘absence’ not ‘maternity absence’ (Commissioner of City of London Police v Geldart)

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Letter—employer acknowledgement of notification of maternity leave

Date: [insert date]Dear [insert name of employee]Congratulations and thank you for telling me about your pregnancy and the date that your baby is due....

Collective agreements

Collective agreements are agreements negotiated between one or more trade unions and employers or employers' associations and which relate to one or...

ET1 grounds of claim—direct sex discrimination, sexual harassment and constructive dismissal

[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as a [job title]. She worked at the Respondent’s premises at...

Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing

[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert case name]Case No: [Insert case number]...

Precedents

Costs warning letter (employment tribunal)

[ON YOUR LETTERHEAD][Name and address of other party, or other party’s solicitor]Dear [insert contact name][Insert subject of letter, eg names of...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Striking out and unless orders in employment tribunal proceedings

Coronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and until...

9th Nov

In-house

Practice notes

The basic award

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020 (Week’s Pay Amendment Regs 2020),...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Employment tribunal case management

Coronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and until...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Unfair dismissal time limit

Three months beginning with the effective date of terminationAn unfair dismissal claim must generally be submitted to the employment tribunal within...

9th Nov

Precedents

Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)Following our most recent...

9th Nov

Precedents

Letter—TUPE (3) letter from transferee to transferor to inform of proposed measures

[To be typed on headed notepaper of transferee][Strictly private and confidential][Address][Date]Dear [enter name(s) of relevant individual(s) at the...

9th Nov

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Application—additional information (further and better particulars)

[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert name of case, eg X v Y]Claim Number: [insert claim...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Qualifying period for unfair dismissal

For employees starting fresh employment on or after 6 April 2012, the right not to be unfairly dismissed generally only arises when the employee, by...

9th Nov

Precedents

Letter—from employer placing employee on garden leave

[To be typed on employer’s headed notepaper][Enter name and address of employee][Enter date]by handDear [enter name]Garden leaveI refer to [[enter...

9th Nov

Practice notes

The duty of fidelity and fiduciary duties

All employees are under a duty of fidelity to their employer. The duty of fidelity is also known as the duty of good faith, or of loyalty.Fidelity is...

9th Nov

Precedents

Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)

BREXIT IMPACT: The drafting and enforcement of the applicable law (governing law) and jurisdiction clause in this Precedent may be affected by Brexit....

9th Nov

Practice notes

The term of trust and confidence

Every contract of employment is treated as containing an imposed term of trust and confidence. This requires employers and employees not to conduct...

9th Nov

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In-house

Practice notes

Unfair dismissal remedies—general

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020 (Week’s Pay Amendment Regs 2020),...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Contractual redundancy payments

An employee is entitled to a statutory redundancy payment when:•he has been continuously employed for not less than two years•he has been dismissed,...

9th Nov

In-house

Practice notes

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 paid for it. An employer will...

9th Nov

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Practice notes

Changing terms and conditions of employment

It is highly likely that an employer will, at some time during the employment relationship, wish to change the terms and conditions on which any...

4th May

In-house

Practice notes

Collective redundancy—the triggers for the statutory consultation obligations

This Practice Note considers the circumstances in which the statutory consultation obligations in a collective redundancy situation will be...

29th Apr

In-house

Precedents

Letter—TUPE (3) letter from transferee to transferor to inform of proposed measures

[To be typed on headed notepaper of transferee][Strictly private and confidential][Address][Date]Dear [enter name(s) of relevant individual(s) at the...

27th Apr

Precedents

Voting form—employee representatives

Voting Form No. [insert number] [Insert details of the voting group as determined by the employer eg the whole workforce, night shift, day shift,...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—Redundancy (6) invitation to second individual consultation meeting (collective consultation)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)As you know, it has been...

27th Apr

Precedents

Application form—employee representative candidates

[Insert details of the voting group as determined by the employer eg the whole workforce, night shift, day shift, management, non-management or...

27th Apr

Precedents

Pre-transfer collective redundancy consultation agreement

This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[NAME OF COMPANY], a company incorporated in England with registered number [insert company number]...

Produced in partnership with Jane Fielding, Partner of Gowling WLG 27th Apr

Precedents

Election rules—electing employee representatives

1Introduction1.1These rules govern the election of [employee OR worker] representatives for [specify purpose of election, eg the purposes of an...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—informing persons of cancellation of election to carry out pre-transfer redundancy consultation

[To be typed on headed notepaper of the Transferee][Insert address of appropriate representative, transferring individual or Secretary of...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—Redundancy (1) informing employees in selection pool of risk of redundancy (individual consultation)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)As we informed you at the...

27th Apr

In-house

Precedents

Letter—TUPE (5) from transferee to employee representatives or affected employees

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—Redundancy (2) request for volunteers for redundancy (individual consultation)

[] To be typed on headed notepaper of employer[Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)As you know, [specify...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—Redundancy (2) to employee representatives (collective consultation)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date][Insert name and address of trade union or representative]Re: [insert name of employer] (the...

27th Apr

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Letter—enclosing ballot paper for election of employee representatives

[insert date]Dear [insert name]Nominations have now closed for the election of employee representatives. There will now be a ballot in order to elect...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—TUPE (2) from transferor or transferee to their employees about the election of employee representatives

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

27th Apr

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Letter—Redundancy (4) invitation to second individual consultation meeting (individual consultation)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)As you know, it has been...

27th Apr

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Letter—Redundancy (3B) notice of provisional non—selection for redundancy (individual consultation)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)As I informed you at the...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—TUPE (6) from transferor to transferring employees

[To be typed on headed notepaper of transferor][Date]Dear [enter name of employee]Transfer of employment to [enter name of transferee][As you will be...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—Redundancy (1) warning employees of redundancies (collective consultation)

[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of employee],Re: [insert name of employer] (the Company)[As discussed at the open...

27th Apr

Precedents

Letter—changing terms (9): to employee notifying outcome of appeal hearing

[Insert date]Dear [insert name of employee],I write to confirm the decision taken by [insert name(s) and job title(s)] at the hearing held on [insert...

27th Apr