SICKNESS AND ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE................................................................. 32 EQUAL PAY TRIBUNAL................................................................................................... 32 EMPLOYER’S RETIREMENT NOTICES MAY BE INVALID............................................. 33 TAX TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEE’S LEGAL FEES ON TERMINATION ........................ 33 CIPP Policy request clarity from HMRC ........................................................................ 34 ACCIDENTAL TEST SUBMISSION OF P35 NOT A REASONABLE EXCUSE................. 35 COST CAN JUSTIFY DISCRIMINATION.......................................................................... 36 NON-PAYMENT OF WAGES WHEN EMPLOYEE IN REMAND ...................................... 36 TUPE AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ......................................................................... 37 TUPE LOOPHOLE LANDS EMPLOYERS WITH UNEXPECTED OBLIGATIONS............ 39 DISMISSAL FOR REFUSING PAY CUT .......................................................................... 39 DUTY TO CONSIDER REQUEST TO WORK BEYOND RETIREMENT .......................... 39 CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL.......................................................................................... 40 PAYMENT FOR OVERTIME ............................................................................................ 41 COMPULSORY RETIREMENT AGE................................................................................ 41 TUPE SERVICE PROVISION CHANGEOVERS .............................................................. 42 SICKNESS AND ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE................................................................. 42 TRIBUNAL CRITICISES HMRC FOR DELAY IN ISSUING PENALTIES .......................... 43 EMPLOYMENT STATUS.................................................................................................. 43 PAID HOLIDAY FOR SICK WORKERS............................................................................ 44 LANDMARK EQUAL PAY RULING FOR LONDON NURSE............................................. 44 SUMMARY DISMISSAL TRUMPS NOTICE PERIOD....................................................... 45 GROSS MISCONDUCT AND BONUS.............................................................................. 45 CONTINUITY OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE NHS ............................................................... 46 NMW AND SLEEPING ON THE JOB ............................................................................... 46 ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL STATISTICS ......................................................... 47 FIRST WORKER CHARGED UNDER THE BRIBERY ACT ............................................. 47 REST BREAKS ................................................................................................................ 48 PILOT’S HOLIDAY PAY NOT LIMITED TO BASIC SALARY............................................ 48 JOB REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 49 DISMISSAL: WORK RELATED COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK........................................ 49 MENTIONING UNPROVEN ALLEGATIONS IN A REFERENCE NOT UNFAIR ............... 50 DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION: REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS ................................... 51 TUPE AND VARIATION OF CONTRACT......................................................................... 51 DISMISSAL CANNOT BE RETRACTED – NORMALLY................................................... 52 NHS TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE............................................................... 52 MITIGATION OF LOSS .................................................................................................... 53 RE-ENGAGEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE VACANCIES ................................................... 54 ILLEGAL AND IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS .............................................................. 54 HOLIDAY PAY AND SICK ABSENCE .............................................................................. 55 CJEU RULES ON RIGHT TO CARRY OVER HOLIDAY ACCRUED WHILST ON LONG TERM SICK LEAVE.......................................................................................................... 55 PART-TIME PENSION CLAIMS ....................................................................................... 56 STRINGFELLOWS - ARE DANCERS EMPLOYEES?...................................................... 56 MARITAL DISCRIMINATION............................................................................................ 57 PENSION SWITCH RULED LAWFUL BY HIGH COURT ................................................. 57 WORKING TIME AND ANNUAL LEAVE .......................................................................... 58 LIVE IN HOUSEKEEPERS AND NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ....................................... 58 HR MANAGER’S USE OF LINKEDIN RESULTS IN CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL CASE................................................................................................................................ 59 COURT APPEAL REAFFIRMS LONG ESTABLISHED POWER FOR THE TAXMAN...... 59 ALMOST £1 MILLION AWARED FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION .................................. 60 IS IT JUSTIFIABLE TO RETIRE OLDER EMPLOYEES TO MAKE WAY FOR YOUNG TALENT?.......................................................................................................................... 61 DETRIMENT AND CAUSATION....................................................................................... 61 REDUNDANCY AND SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT ................................... 62 RECRUITMENT AGENCY LOSES TRIBUNAL OVER SALARY SACRIFICE SCHEME... 62 EMPLOYMENT STATUS.................................................................................................. 63 RESTRICTIVE COVENTANTS......................................................................................... 64
CIPP Policy News Journal
09/10/2012, Page 4 of 234
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