October 2012 #134 Issue Archives | Legalease Law Journals

Employment Law Reform: Devil in the detail

DLA Piper UK LLP | Employment Law Journal | October 2012 #134

Benedict Gorner analyses the government’s proposals to reduce unfair dismissal awards, introduce a code on settlement agreements and simplify the tribunal rules

Fiduciary Duties: Competing interests

Pinsent Masons | Employment Law Journal | October 2012 #134

A Court of Appeal ruling has added to confusion about whether it is acceptable for departing employees to prepare to enter into competition with their employer, argues Gary Freer

Tribunal Fees: Fair way to share costs or breach of human rights?

Burges Salmon LLP | Employment Law Journal | October 2012 #134

Adrian Martin discusses whether the introduction of tribunal fees could be a breach of the right to a fair trial under the European Convention of Human Rights

Employment Status: Keeping it casual

Howard Kennedy | Employment Law Journal | October 2012 #134

Susie Al-Qassab considers the consequences of three recent decisions in the EAT on the mutuality of obligation test

Restraint Of Trade: Payback time

Mayer Brown International LLP | Employment Law Journal | October 2012 #134

Michelle Last and Nicholas Robertson contemplate a recent High Court ruling on whether the deterrent effect of a repayment provision was so great that it prevented an employee from leaving the company

Collective Redundancy: Quality not quantity

White & Case LLP | Employment Law Journal | October 2012 #134

The government is proposing to cut the consultation period for large-scale redundancies to improve the standard of such consultations, report Oliver Brettle and Daniella Ebrahimoff

Executive Pay: New powers for shareholders

Morgan Lewis | Employment Law Journal | October 2012 #134

Matthew Howse and Celia Kendrick examine the impact of the government’s proposals to reform the law on the remuneration of directors in publicly listed companies

Employment Law Journal: October 2012 #134