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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...
Responding to an appealThe EAT will send to all parties who are respondents to the appeal:•the Notice of Appeal, with any amendments which have been permitted•any submissions or skeleton argument lodged by the appellantWithin 28 days of the seal date of the order, unless some other period is
Making changes or additions to the claim or response or reply: employment tribunalsFor a variety of reasons, a claimant or respondent may wish or need to:•make amendments to the contents of their ET1 claim form or ET3 response form or reply (to an employer’s counterclaim) after the initial lodging
No response, rejected response or claim not contested: employment tribunalsThe tribunal has a mechanism, under the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 (ET Rules 2024), SI 2024/1155, Rule 22, for dealing with the situation where a respondent either does not wish to contest a claim against it, or
Is it possible for a settlement agreement, entered into on termination of employment, to include a provision preventing the employee from being re-employed by the same employer?There is no specific provision that makes it unlawful for a settlement agreement to include a provision preventing the
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