Dismissal and re-engagement: Tesco barred from using fire and rehire – a revolution or evolution in the use of implied terms?

Lee Harding and Thomas Twitchett assess the impact of the High Court’s decision to grant an injunction stopping Tesco from stripping employees of a benefit described as permanent Employers should not fetter their ability to negotiate different terms or withdraw terms altogether in the future and it would be prudent to include an express term …
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Cases Referenced

  • Aspden v Webbs Poultry and Meat Group (Holdings) Ltd [1996] IRLR 521
  • Awan v ICTS UK Ltd [2018] UKEAT/0087/18/RN
  • Jenvey v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2002] EWHC 927 (QB)
  • Usdaw & ors v Tesco Stores Ltd [2022] EWHC 201 (QB)