Redundancy notice period to be cut from 90 to 45 days – BBC News
“The period of notice which employers have to give before making large-scale redundancies is to be cut from 90 to 45 days.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
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“The period of notice which employers have to give before making large-scale redundancies is to be cut from 90 to 45 days.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
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“Rules barring foreign and Commonwealth troops serving in the British armed forces from settling in the UK if they incur minor disciplinary convictions are to be relaxed. The Home Office will announce on Thursday that personnel with only minor disciplinary convictions will be able to stay on in Britain after they leave the services, Channel 4 News reported.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2012
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Government of the United States of America v Nolan (Case C-583/10); [2012] WLR (D) 280
“Since civilian employees at a military base were covered by the exemption from the provisions of Council Directive 98/59/EC provided by article 1(2)(b), the Court of Justice of the European Union did not have jurisdiction, on a reference in proceedings concerning dismissals resulting from a strategic decision concerning the closure of a military base, to give an interpretation of the provisions of that Directove, even though domestic law implemented it.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2012
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“Discrimination against armed forces veterans could become against the law after the government agreed to cross-party talks aimed at giving new rights to protect former members of the military.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2012
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“The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics paint a gloomy picture of the UK economy: two successive periods of negative economic growth; in economic terms, a recession. Experts debate the prognosis for the next few years, but it is inevitable that jobs will be lost and employers will be looking at ways to cut costs from their existing workforce. In this paper, I shall examine the law concerning changes to terms and conditions, and highlight recent case law on making redundancies.”
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11 KBW, 1st June 2012
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Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 330; [2012] WLR (D) 97
“For the purposes of a claim for age discrimination under regulation 3 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, where an employer gave notice of dismissal to an employee on the grounds of redundancy, it was a legitimate part of the aim of the employer in giving that notice to ensure that when giving effect to it, the dismissal also saved the employer additional costs that, had it not timed the dismissal as it did, it was likely to have incurred by reason of the employee’s age.”
WLR Daily, 22nd March 2012
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“Employment lawyers have given a mixed response to an eagerly anticipated Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling on whether discrimination can be justified by saving costs.”
The Lawyer, 23rd March 2012
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“A businesswoman sacked after a night entertaining clients ended in spectacular embarrassment has had her hopes of a compensation payout boosted by a tribunal ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2012
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“Former Woolworths employees have been awarded a total of up to £67.8m in compensation, the shopworkers’ union Usdaw said on Friday.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2012
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“The 90 day minimum consultation period for collective redundancies may be restricting business and could be reduced as part of the most radical reform to employment law for decades, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th November 2011
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“Legal profession weathered first downturn but redundancies are more likely if recession returns.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
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“The two largest Civil Service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme which will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”
The Independent, 10th August 2011
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“The two largest civil service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme that will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
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“Ministers claim reforms will make it easier for businesses to grow but unions say change will ‘reward bad employers who disadvantage women and ethnic minority workers’.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2011
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“The government is to extend its review of employment law to tighten up discrimination compensation and dilute rules protecting employees’ rights when a business is transferred from one owner to another.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2011
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“Two national firms have separately lost appeals in the employment tribunal over their redundancy selection procedures.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th April 2011
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“Employers must act ‘proportionately’ when they provide women who are pregnant or on maternity leave with special treatment at work, an employment appeals tribunal has ruled.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2011
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Claes v Landsbanki Luxembourg SA (in liquidation) (Joined Cases C-235/10–239/10); [2011] WLR (D) 74
“Articles 1 and 3 of Council Directive 98/59/EC, concerning the procedure to be adopted upon collective redundancies, applied to the termination of the activities of an employing establishment as a result of a judicial winding up on grounds of insolvency, even where, in the event of such a termination, national legislation provided for the termination of employment contracts with immediate effect. Until the legal personality of an establishment whose dissolution and winding up had been ordered had ceased to exist, the obligations under article 2 and 3 of the Directive, concerning consultation of employees and notification of public authorities, had to be fulfilled.”
WLR Daily, 9th March 2011
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“Solicitors are experiencing a sharp rise in the number of people seeking legal advice as to whether they have a case for unfair dismissal against their employers, despite the latest official figures last week showing a drop in unemployment.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2010
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“Civil service unions are threatening strike action after the government announced a ‘non-negotiable’ new redundancy deal that will reduce pay-outs for compulsory redundancies from a maximum of more than six years to just one year.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2010
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