May 2016 #170 Issue Archives | Legalease Law Journals

Commission Payments: Making sure everyone gets their fair share

White & Case LLP | Employment Law Journal | May 2016 #170

A Court of Appeal ruling highlights the difficulties employers face in asserting absolute discretion over commission or bonus awards. Stephen Ravenscroft and Jo Bennett report

Religion And Belief: Not good to talk

Weightmans LLP | Employment Law Journal | May 2016 #170

Phil Allen looks at a recent EAT case on when disciplinary action over an employee’s religious discussion can be lawful

Childcare Vouchers: Taxman is wrong, rules EAT

Gowling WLG | Employment Law Journal | May 2016 #170

The EAT is at odds with HMRC over whether women on maternity leave should continue to receive childcare vouchers, explain Connie Cliff and Liz Wood

Legal News: Employment update

Hogan Lovells | Employment Law Journal | May 2016 #170

Jo Broadbent and Sarah Parkin round up recent case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers

Absenteeism: Managing employee sickness

Mishcon de Reya | Employment Law Journal | May 2016 #170

Laura Garner offers some tips for employers when dealing with sickness absence and reviews recent case law developments

Age Discrimination: Taking it literally

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Employment Law Journal | May 2016 #170

The wording of an employer’s policy meant it was merely obliged to provide PHI, not to ensure the employee actually received payments, write Helen Roberts and Rebecca Harding-Hill

Termination Of Employment: When disciplinary proceedings and the criminal law collide

Lewis Silkin | Employment Law Journal | May 2016 #170

Richard Berry discusses the main considerations for employers dealing with cases of off-duty misconduct that have a criminal element

Vicarious Liability: A modern theory?

Macfarlanes LLP | Employment Law Journal | May 2016 #170

Tabitha Georghiou and Matthew Ramsey examine the impact of two cases on the existing tests to establish employers’ liability for acts committed by employees or other individuals

Employment Law Journal: May 2016 #170