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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Monthly Highlights – UK Employment Law – March 2025

In this month’s instalment, our team summarises the latest UK case law and developments in employment law – and their implications for employers. 1. The Government has published the new annual statutory rates which apply to...more

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Consultation in Non-Collective Redundancy Situations

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This week we look at a case that covers the issue of what constitutes proper lawful consultation in smaller scale redundancies (fewer than 20). In particular, the case looks at whether there a need for group consultation, and...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: June 2024

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Our June update includes a new gender critical philosophical belief case exploring some new areas (such as the nature of the workplace), a case on redaction of disclosure documents and whether the redacted material was...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: March 2024

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Our March update includes a case on whether a theatre and agency could dismiss an actor playing a lesbian role because of her devout Christian beliefs, and a case looking at whether an employee who spends virtually all her...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: specific disclosure, voluntary redundancy/unfair dismissal, religious belief harassment and changes to...

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Our May update considers key employment law developments from April 2022. It includes an interesting case on specific disclosure requests, details about the future “road map” for employment tribunal proceedings, the new code...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

U.K. Employment Law Update: Impact of Lack of Appeal on Fairness of Redundancy Process, Dismissal for Assertion of a Statutory...

Was a Redundancy Dismissal Unfair Because of Lack of Appeal? In Gwynedd Council v (1) Barratt (2) Hughes [2021] EWCA Civ 1322, the Court of Appeal (CA) considered whether an employer’s failure to give an employee an...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly - October 2021

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Our October 2021 update includes recent case developments with regard to whether a lack of an appeal renders dismissals unfair, the concept of “working time” under the Working Time Directive as well as less favourable...more

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Refusing to let employee appeal redundancy dismissal not inevitably unfair

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In Gwynedd Council v Barratt the UK Court of Appeal confirmed that a redundancy dismissal will not be unfair solely because an employer has not offered an employee a right to appeal. However, failing to offer an appeal...more

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Employment News: tribunals, redundancy, disability, COVID-19

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Way ahead – Roadmap for employment tribunals published: The Presidents of the Employment Tribunals have published a roadmap outlining a plan for increasing the number of employment tribunal hearings that can take place...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Compensation Limits on Employment Tribunal Awards

The compensation limits on Employment Tribunal awards and certain other amounts payable under UK employment legislation will increase as of 6 April 2017. This alert sets out the changes in full and highlights important...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Tribunal Compensation Limits 2015

The annual increases in compensation took effect on 6 April 2015. The most notable changes are as follows: - The limit on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy payments and the basic award...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Collective Redundancy Consultation… “One Establishment” is Back

UK legislation provides that, when a UK employer proposes to make redundant 20 or more employees at one establishment within a period of 90 days or less, the employer is required to collectively consult representatives of...more

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