Collective Consultation: A round up of recent developments

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP | Employment Law Journal | May 2014 #150
Ongoing uncertainty about employers’ duty to collectively consult staff about redundancies and business transfers means that the law in this area remains complex, warn Jessica Shemmings and Clare Davis ‘The legislation helps clarify the position on collective consultation for redundancy prior to a transfer covered by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.’Over …

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Employment Law Reform: Beecroft Report: bonkers or blueprint for the future?

Fieldfisher | Employment Law Journal | July/August 2012 #132
Despite the controversy surrounding Adrian Beecroft’s proposals to make it easier to sack under-performing employees, a number of his ideas may yet make it onto the statute books, report Richard Kenyon and Jennifer Platt ‘Beecroft seems to have made his comments without any supporting evidence.’ The publication of the previously leaked Beecroft Report in May …

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Collective Redundancy: Restructuring the consultation rules

Olswang | Employment Law Journal | May 2012 #130
Dan Aherne and Libby Payne contemplate the courts’ and the government’s attempts to address difficulties with the law on consulting employees about collective redundancies ‘In this article, we consider how four recent decisions have sought to address ambiguities in the existing collective consultation legislation and the potential for reform following the call for evidence.’ In …

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Public Sector Efficiency: Dealing with the deficit

Eversheds Sutherland | Employment Law Journal | February 2011 #117
Local authorities are considering an array of methods to cut employment costs following the Comprehensive Spending Review, including some innovative alternatives to mass layoffs, comments Mark Hammerton ‘The financial impact of the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review is now clear: an estimated £83bn of savings will need to be achieved by 2015. How and where public …

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