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Employment Law

TUPE transfers: material detriment test

The EAT has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that a relocation of three and a half miles following a TUPE transfer was not a substantial change to bus drivers’ working conditions to their material detriment. The employees were therefore not entitled to claim that they had been constructively dismissed or dismissed for the purposes of […]

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Monitoring employees’ e-mail and internet use

An EAT decision provides a useful reminder for businesses of the value of having clear policies and procedures in place for staff. In this case, making sure employees were aware of the limits of using the employer’s email system and how use would be monitored.

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Shared parental leave comes into force

From 5 April 2015, additional paternity leave and pay will be abolished to be replaced by shared parental leave (SPL).

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Overtime and holiday pay landmark ruling – key issues for employers

Few will fail to have noticed the recent headlines regarding the Employment Appeal decision (Bear Scotland Ltd and others v Fulton and others UKEAT/0047/13) that even non-guaranteed overtime pay should count towards holiday pay. In the article below, Teesside’s Business Law Firm, Endeavour Partnership, unpicks some of the key aspects and implications of the decision. […]

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Partners to be given right to accompany expectant mothers to ante-natal appointments

Employers are reminded that from 1 October 2014 an expectant father or partner of a pregnant woman will be entitled to accompany them to up to two ante-natal appointments.

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Four million workers not enrolled in workplace pension schemes

Many people are under-saving for retirement, after data revealed that nearly 4.5 million people were not enrolled in a workplace pension scheme.

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Legal 500 success

Endeavour Partnership has again retained its top tier status in the Legal 500

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The National Minimum Wage increases on Wednesday 1st October

From 1 October 2014, the rate of National Minimum Wage (NMW) for employees will rise as follows:

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Disciplinary procedure: increasing sanctions

A Court of Appeal decision confirms that where an employer has set out a formal contractual disciplinary procedure, it is bound by the terms of that procedure. In this case the employee had appealed against the imposition of a written warning and the employer contemplated increasing the severity of that sanction, which would lead to […]

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Redundancy and disability discrimination: making reasonable adjustments

Employers considering a business reorganisation should take note of an EAT decision which held that an employer failed in its duty to make reasonable adjustments when it did not adjust certain redundancy criteria that placed a disabled employee at a substantial disadvantage. This was despite the fact that the failure would have made no difference […]

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