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When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

The tax implications of hybrid working arrangements

The tax implications of hybrid working arrangements

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The tax implications of hybrid working arrangements

UK accession to Lugano Convention—is the door now closed?

UK accession to Lugano Convention—is the door now closed?

The following Arbitration news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on UK accession to Lugano Convention—is the door now closed?

Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

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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...

Unfair dismissal remedies—general

Unfair dismissal remedies—general

Unfair dismissal remedies—generalCoronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020...

The unfair dismissal compensatory award

The unfair dismissal compensatory award

The unfair dismissal compensatory awardCoronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations...

Practice notes

Wrongful dismissal compensation

Wrongful dismissal compensationThis Practice Note examines the remedies (heads of claim) available in the case of dismissal in breach of an employment...
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19th May
Practice notes

Equality of terms: definition of 'pay'

Equality of terms: definition of 'pay'IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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19th May
Practice notes

The early conciliation requirement

The early conciliation requirementCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the...
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19th May
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Definition of redundancy

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

No response, rejected response or claim not contested: employment tribunals

No response, rejected response or claim not contested: employment tribunalsCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England,...
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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
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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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

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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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

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

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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Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplace

Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplaceThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction people have to...
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19th May
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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...
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19th May
Practice notes

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claims

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claimsPension loss will generally only arise in cases where an individual has lost their job and the...
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Produced in partnership with Keith Bryant QC of Outer Temple Chambers. 19th May
Practice notes

Contractual notice

Contractual noticeIn general, employers are free to give notice of dismissal at any time, unless they have expressly or impliedly agreed not to in the...
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19th May
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Practice notes

European works councils

European works councilsThis Practice Note examines the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 (TICER 1999) which...
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27th Jul
Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—managing the workplace to 18 July 2021 [Archived]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—managing the workplace to 18 July 2021 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background...
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27th Jul
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Q&As

Should an employer allow an employee who is 28 weeks’ pregnant to attend the workplace during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?

Should an employer allow an employee who is 28 weeks’ pregnant to attend the workplace during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?An employer must...
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26th Jul
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Practice notes

Health and safety—protection from detriment and dismissal

Health and safety—protection from detriment and dismissalIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit...
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23rd Jul
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—issues for employers

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—issues for employersSTOP PRESS (22/7/21): Provisions have been made to (1) amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus,...
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23rd Jul
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—holiday and holiday pay

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—holiday and holiday payThis Practice Note considers issues relating to the right to holiday and holiday pay during the...
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23rd Jul
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Practice notes

Flexible working

Flexible workingCoronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) Regulations 2020 (Week’s Pay...
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23rd Jul
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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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23rd Jul
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Precedents

Policy—health and safety

Policy—health and safetyIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...
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23rd Jul
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Policy—health and safety (short form)

Policy—health and safety (short form)IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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23rd Jul
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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 23rd Jul
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Precedents

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 21st Jul
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Practice notes

Formulating a health and safety plan

Formulating a health and safety planHaving in place a well thought-out and accessible structure on health and safety could help enable an organisation...
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Produced in partnership with Melanie O'Brien of DG Legal 21st Jul
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Practice notes

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 21st Jul
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Practice notes

Improvement and Prohibition Notices under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Improvement and Prohibition Notices under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974Enforcement of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act...
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Produced in partnership with James Purnell, Abigail Cohen and Lia Moses of Henderson Chambers 21st Jul
Q&As

How is holiday leave and pay treated for term-time only staff who take a period of maternity or adoption leave which extends over school holidays?

How is holiday leave and pay treated for term-time only staff who take a period of maternity or adoption leave which extends over school holidays?The...
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19th Jul
Practice notes

Working time—goods and passenger vehicle drivers

Working time—goods and passenger vehicle driversCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note is updated to take account of the temporary relaxation of...
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16th Jul
Q&As

A woman on maternity leave who is made redundant remains entitled to statutory maternity pay (SMP). (1) Can the SMP that is due be paid as a lump sum on redundancy or must it continue to be paid monthly? (2) Is the employee entitled to the company enhanced redundancy pay if the policy is silent on whether it stops if employment ends?

A woman on maternity leave who is made redundant remains entitled to statutory maternity pay (SMP). (1) Can the SMP that is due be paid as a lump sum...
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15th Jul
Precedents

Policy and procedure—whistleblowing

Policy and procedure—whistleblowingUPDATE: This Precedent does not take into account special requirements that apply to relevant firms (UK...
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6th Jul
Precedents

Policy and procedure—whistleblowing (short form)

Policy and procedure—whistleblowing (short form)UPDATE: This Precedent does not take into account special requirements that apply to relevant firms...
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6th Jul

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European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)BREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Following IP completion day, key transitional arrangements

Reserved judgments

Reserved judgments

Reserved judgmentsWhat is a reserved judgment?A court can reserve judgment by giving its decision at a later date in writing, after the trial or hearing (as opposed to an ex tempore judgment which is given by the judge orally straight after the hearing or trial). At the end of the hearing the judge

Contract interpretation—express terms in contracts

Contract interpretation—express terms in contracts

Contract interpretation—express terms in contractsExpress and implied contractual terms distinguishedContractual terms may be either express or implied:•express terms—are terms which are actually recorded in a written contract or openly expressed in an oral contract at the time the contract is made

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown Court

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown Court

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown CourtCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020, among other measures, makes provision for the extended use of live links and audio links in criminal proceedings.