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Comment—EU enforcement of Schrems II ruling sparks concerns of ‘de facto’ data localisation

Comment—EU enforcement of Schrems II ruling sparks concerns of ‘de facto’ data localisation

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Employment weekly highlights—15 April 2021

Employment weekly highlights—15 April 2021

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Equal pay: Supreme Court guidance on ‘common terms’ where comparator is at different establishment (Asda Stores v Brierley and others)

Equal pay: Supreme Court guidance on ‘common terms’ where comparator is at different establishment (Asda Stores v Brierley and others)

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Holiday taken but unpaid cannot be carried forward for holiday pay claim (Smith v Pimlico Plumbers)

Holiday taken but unpaid cannot be carried forward for holiday pay claim (Smith v Pimlico Plumbers)

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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 paid for it. An employer will...

Contractual redundancy payments

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,...

The term of trust and confidence

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...

The duty of fidelity and fiduciary duties

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...

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...
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9th Nov
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Letter—TUPE (9) from employee objecting to transfer

[Strictly private and confidential][Address][Date]Dear [enter name(s) of relevant individual(s) at the transferor],Proposed transfer of [enter...
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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...
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9th Nov
Precedents

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...
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9th Nov
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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...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissal

To succeed in a claim of unfair dismissal, the claimant must establish that they were dismissed by the employer. A contract of employment may...
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9th Nov
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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...
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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...
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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...
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9th Nov
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ET3 grounds of resistance—unfair dismissal: protected disclosure

1Paragraph 1 of the Grounds of Claim is admitted.2As to paragraph 2 of the Grounds of Claim, it is denied that the Claimant’s colleagues were...
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9th Nov
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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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9th Nov
Practice notes

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claims

Pension loss will generally only arise in cases where an individual has lost their job and the pension provision that went with that job. An...
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Precedents

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]...
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9th Nov
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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...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Collective agreements

Collective agreements are agreements negotiated between one or more trade unions and employers or employers' associations and which relate to one or...
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9th Nov
Precedents

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....
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9th Nov

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Practice notes

Trade union recognition changes and derecognition

This Practice Note examines the procedure for changes to union recognition, particularly where the bargaining unit is no longer appropriate or where...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Trade union listing and independence

ListingOne of the administrative functions of the Certification Officer (see Practice Note: The Certification Officer) is to maintain a list of trade...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Trade union recognition

An employer may 'recognise' a trade union for a number of different purposes, and at one of a number of different ‘levels’. On the other hand, even...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Reference to Central Arbitration Committee

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note is updated to take account of changes relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. See: The questions...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

The rights conferred by trade union recognition

A number of specific rights are conferred on an independent (see Practice Note: Trade union listing and independence) trade union once it has been...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Collective agreements

Collective agreements are agreements negotiated between one or more trade unions and employers or employers' associations and which relate to one or...
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7th Apr
Q&As

On a relevant transfer under TUPE 2006, what are a transferee’s options if it has a company policy of not recognising trade unions, but transferring employees have union recognition?

On a relevant transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, SI 2006/246, union recognition transfers to the...
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11th Feb
Precedents

Letter—TUPE (4) from transferor 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...
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15th Dec
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...
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15th Dec
Q&As

In relation to collective agreements, i an employer has recognised more than one trade union, does each recognised trade union have to sign the collective agreement in order for it to be effective? Can workers who are not members of a trade union enter into a workforce agreement, even if a collective agreement is in place? Can a collective agreement and a workforce agreement be in place at the same time?

For information on collective agreements generally, see:•Practice Note: Collective agreements•Collective agreements: Harvey NI [3201]Statutory...
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5th Dec
Q&As

May an employer, when approached with a request for recognition, choose not to recognise the trade union, and what considerations are relevant when it comes to deciding how best to respond a request for recognition?

The statutory framework governing trade union recognition supports voluntary arrangements in the first instance. This means that an employer is...
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5th Dec
Q&As

Is an employer required to permit an unrecognised trade union on to its premises to access its members and recruit new members?

Statute confers several important rights upon an independent trade union once it has been recognised. Most of these are conferred whether the union’s...
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5th Dec

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