Constructive Dismissal

• Friday, 4th May 2007
• Employers should watch out. An employee wishing to leave and make a claim may simply bide their time, waiting for a breach and then resign in acceptance of it. Regardless of their motive, they will have a claim.
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Probationary Periods

• Friday, 27th April 2007
• What you need to know, and why you shouldn't let it lapse without giving a result.
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Sick Pay and Disability Discrimination

• Friday, 13th April 2007
• The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the employer of a disabled person who is off sick is not obliged to maintain full pay as a 'reasonable adjustment'.
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Bank Holidays and Part Timers

• Wednesday, 11th April 2007
• Some months ago the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a part-time employee need not be given a day off in lieu for a bank holiday that does not fall on his normal working day.
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Grievances - again!

• Friday, 30th March 2007
• An ongoing argument has been whether it is necessary for an employee to submit a grievance for discrimination, if the act of discrimination was a dismissal.
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Grievances

• Friday, 9th March 2007
• One of the most frustrating aspects of the Dispute Resolution Regulations is the uncertainty that exists as to when a written complaint forms a statutory grievance so as to compel the employer to call a meeting.
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The Myth of Neutrality

• Monday, 5th March 2007
• It has always been said that suspending an employee is not an act of unfairness. However much it might damage someone's reputation and career, tribunals accepted the old mantra from the Respondent's solicitor - "suspension is a neutral act".
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Thou Shalt Not Compete

• Friday, 23rd February 2007
• The typical clauses used to prevent damage to a business by a departing employee are ones that restrict the poaching of clients or staff.
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Work and Families

• Tuesday, 13th February 2007
• Our thanks go to Beverley Hughes, the Children's Minister for answering the question this bulletin posed on Friday as to where the right to request flexible work might go in the future.
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Work and Families

• Friday, 9th February 2007
• The Equal Opportunities Commission has published 2 recent reports about the work life balance.
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