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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)

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Equal pay: Supreme Court guidance on ‘common terms’ where comparator is at different establishment (Asda Stores v Brierley and others)

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)

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Holiday taken but unpaid cannot be carried forward for holiday pay claim (Smith v Pimlico Plumbers)

Employment weekly highlights—8 April 2021

Employment weekly highlights—8 April 2021

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Employment weekly highlights—8 April 2021

Route map for retained EU law—a new Court of Appeal judgment (Lipton v BA City Flyer Ltd)

Route map for retained EU law—a new Court of Appeal judgment (Lipton v BA City Flyer Ltd)

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Route map for retained EU law—a new Court of Appeal judgment (Lipton v BA City Flyer Ltd)

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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...

Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)

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....

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...
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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...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

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

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
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...
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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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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...
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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

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),...
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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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Precedents

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
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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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
Precedents

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

Most recent Share purchases: employment issues content

Practice notes

Employment due diligence—share and asset purchases

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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9th Apr
Practice notes

Employment warranties, disclosure and indemnities—share purchases

On the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of an employer company (share purchase), while there will be a change in the shareholder(s) of...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Corporate transactions and service provision changes (employment)—data protection issues

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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7th Apr
Practice notes

Share purchases—employment issues acting for the buyer

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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7th Apr
Practice notes

Share purchases—employment issues acting for the seller

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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7th Apr
Practice notes

The impact of the EU GDPR and UK GDPR on M&A transactions

EU GDPR and UK GDPRThe General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR) became directly applicable and fully enforceable in all...
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23rd Mar
Precedents

Legal due diligence questionnaire—share purchase: employment

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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17th Mar
Precedents

Share purchase agreement—other employment provisions

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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14th Feb
Precedents

Share purchase agreement—employment warranties

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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14th Feb
Q&As

A company is looking to purchase another company. The transferor has requested that the deal is conditional upon a key employee signing up to a contract requiring him to stay with the company for seven years post-transfer. What is the best way of dealing with this?

If there is a share purchase, the identity of the employer remains unchanged and, if the new owner wants to ensure that a key employee or MD signs up...
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5th Dec

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Forum non conveniens—scope and application

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