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Recent rulings seem set to make it easier to carry out post-transfer harmonisation of employees’ terms, report Andrew Taggart and Francesca Lopez ‘Providing a transferee can show a sound economic reason for the proposed changes that existed before the transfer, those changes may be valid after the transfer.’ Following a business transfer, the incoming employer …
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The claims by Andy Coulson and Glenn Mulcaire against the News of the World’s owners contain useful lessons for those negotiating, drafting and enforcing indemnities given by employers to their executives, explains Charles Wynn-Evans ‘The decisions in the Andy Coulson and Glenn Mulcaire cases demonstrate that employers need to consider the drafting and structuring of …
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Melanie Lane and Dominic Holmes argue that it is more important than ever for employers to adopt a wide-ranging and flexible approach to reasonable adjustments ‘The way in which the duty inter-relates with other strands of disability discrimination law is likely to become an increasingly significant issue as case law develops.’ The Equality Act 2010 …
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Businesses in Northern Ireland share the appetite for employment law reform that is evident in many companies across Britain, write Adam Brett and Paul Gillen ‘A joint survey on attitudes to employment law among Northern Ireland businesses, is based on responses from over 140 local businesses, surveyed in September 2011, which are members of the …
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Businesses are under increasing pressure to adopt international principles protecting workers’ rights, despite weaknesses in the law in individual countries, warns Keith Corkan ‘It is apparent that campaigns by human rights organisations and unions to comply with international labour standards are increasing. Unions are collaborating internationally for such purposes.’Increasingly, multinational companies are being reminded by …
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2012 could mark the end of 40 years of growth in employees’ rights if the coalition government has its way, warn Richard Kenyon and Angus Ackroyd ‘The business secretary has proposed that existing dismissal processes should be slimmed down.’ In his speech to the Engineering Employers’ Federation on reforming employment relations on 23 November 2011, …
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The Supreme Court ruling in the Edwards and Botham cases may not be as good news for employers as many commentators are suggesting, argues Stephen Levinson ‘The National Industrial Relations Court confirmed that a compensatory award was not intended to cover “injury to pride and feelings” and was limited to economic loss.’Employment contracts are not …
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Catherine Yallop examines the challenges for employers raised by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games ‘The UK’s hosting of the Games will have a significant impact upon the nation’s businesses, particularly those based in London – and not necessarily a positive one.’This summer, nine million Olympic Games spectators, two million Paralympic Games spectators and almost …
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Katharine McPherson and Katherine Shaw weigh up whether the government needs to amend the Equality Act to make clear that it prohibits caste discrimination ‘Given the complexities in defining caste, there is no obvious answer as to where caste belongs within the definitions used in the Equality Act 2010.’ The case of Begraj v Heer …
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Ilana Swimer analyses the growing use of anonymity and restricted reporting orders in the employment tribunal ‘In granting any anonymity order or restricted reporting order, the tribunal will need to consider the dichotomy between the media’s right to freedom of expression and to report on matters of public interest on the one hand and an …
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