What's New?
In this section, you will find news stories and articles around
employment legislation, our employment law practice, and issues
affecting our clients.
11 May 2012
Unfair Dismissal - Recent Case Decision
By Claire Vercammen
An Employment Tribunal in Birmingham has ruled that a Chauffer's
dismissal, for feeding his employer's pet Labrador lamb "gristle",
was unfair.
Ivor James worked for property tycoon and multimillionaire
racehorse owner Raymond Mould and was sacked 2 days after the
incident by telephone.
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08 May 2012
A contract of employment is a legally binding agreement which
means that the parties are bound by its terms. However, over
a course of employment, it can become likely that relationship
changes due to outside or economic factors may lead to a need for a
varying of terms of conditions.
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08 May 2012
Almost everyone now uses some form of Social Media, whether it
be Facebook, Twitter or MySpace, to name but few. Your life and
daily comings and goings are there for the world (subject to your
privacy settings) to see.
Social Media has had a huge impact on employment in recent
times.
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16 December 2011
By Denis McGettigan:
The Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has announced formal
proposals to introduce fees for applications to the Employment
Tribunal which will bring the Tribunal in line with other courts
that currently already have a similar fee requirement.
The proposals are:
A: an initial fee of between £150-£250 for a claimant to begin
a claim, with an additional fee of between £250-£1250 if the claim
goes to a hearing, with no limit to the maximum award; or
B: a single fee of between £200-£600 - but this would limit the
maximum award to £30,000 - with the option of an additional fee of
£1,750 for those who seek awards above this amount.
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01 December 2011
If you are a user of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter
and LinkedIn, you may think that you are free to use them to
express your opinions about your employer, whether good or bad.
However, you may want to think again...
The Employment Tribunal has recently upheld the decision of
computer giant Apple to dismiss an employee who repeatedly posted
negative comments on Facebook about his iPhone and his job at one
of Apple's stores.
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15 November 2011
Most employees take sick leave at some point in their
employment, but at what point is the employer justified in invoking
disciplinary procedures, or even sacking an employee, over taking
sick leave?
Fair reasons for dismissal
Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, employers have to have a
fair reason for dismissing an employee.
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