EMPLOYEE FAIRLY DISMISSED FOR POSTING VULGAR COMMENTS ABOUT COLLEAGUE.................................................................................................................... 37 DISCRIMINATION AND UNSUCCESSFUL JOB APPLICANTS ....................................... 37 FIRMS WIN RIGHT TO RETIRE WORKERS AT 65 ......................................................... 38 PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL ON SURROGRACY INTRODUCED ..................................... 39 INDIRECT DISRIMINATION RELATED TO RETIREMENT IS UNLAWFUL ..................... 39 RESIGNATION ‘WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT’ TAKES IMMEDIATE EFFECT .................. 40 CLARIFICATION ON HOLIDAY LEAVE ACCRUED DURING SICKNESS – EUROPEAN COURT RULING ......................................................................................... 41 BANKERS WIN BONUSES AFTER CEO’S MASS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT PROVES CONTRACTUALLY BINDING ........................................................................... 42 STRINGFELLOWS DANCER GOES BACK TO TRIBUNAL ............................................. 42 TUPE - PENSION LIABILITIES ........................................................................................ 44 FIRST EMPLOYER IN NORTHERN IRELAND TO BE PROSECUTED UNDER CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER & CORPORATE HOMICIDE LEGISLATION ............... 45 PILONS AND AFTER-DISCOVERED CONDUCT ............................................................ 45 EMPLOYERS CAN RESTRICT WHAT PAY INCREASES COUNT TOWARDS AN EMPLOYEE’S PENSION.................................................................................................. 46 EARLY RETIREMENT RIGHTS UNDER OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES DO TRANSFER UNDER TUPE .............................................................................................. 47 HMRC WINS APPEAL CASE ON NATIONAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS INTO FURBS.. 47 EUROPEAN JUDGEMENT: WORKERS SICK ON HOLIDAY MUST RECLAIM TIME OFF .................................................................................................................................. 48 LONG-RUNNING LOCAL AUTHORITY EQUAL PAY CASE TO PROCEED TO TRIBUNAL........................................................................................................................ 49 FACILITIES STAFF WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER UNDER TUPE IF CLIENT CHANGES AT THE SAME TIME AS SERVICE PROVIDER............................... 50 REDUCTION IN HEADCOUNT NOT REQUIRED FOR REDUNDANCY .......................... 50 DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AND SICK LEAVE .......................................................... 51 PREPARING TO COMPETE ............................................................................................ 51 UNFAIR DISMISSAL - REDUNDANCY SCORING........................................................... 51 COURT OF APPEAL RULING CONFIRMS EMPLOYEE ON LONG-TERM SICKNESS ABSENCE CAN CARRY ANNUAL LEAVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT HOLIDAY YEAR ............................................................................................................................... 52 SECOND MANSLAUGHTER PROSECUTION SINCE ACT INTRODUCED IN 2008 ....... 53 MUTUALITY OF OBLIGATION......................................................................................... 54 DEATH IN SERVICE BENEFIT ........................................................................................ 54 CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL.......................................................................................... 55 UNPAID WORK SCHEME DOES NOT BREACH HUMAN RIGHTS ................................ 55 UMBRELLA CONTRACTS/CONTINUITY OF EMPLOYMENT ......................................... 56 BREACH OF CONTRACT FOR UNDERPAYING CONTRACTUAL SICK PAY ................ 57 COMPENSATORY AWARD AND ENTITLEMENT TO WORK ......................................... 57 TAX AVOIDANCE ‘HAT TRICK’ DELIVERS GOLD .......................................................... 58 THE IMPORTANCE OF TIMELY ACTION WHEN MAKING REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS FOR DISABILITY................................................................................... 59 EMPLOYMENT STATUS – MINICAB DRIVER................................................................. 60 ARE SOME MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS?.................................................................. 60 LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS ARE NOT WORKERS ......................... 61 QUALIFYING SERVICE REQUIRMENT FOR UNFAIR DISMISSAL CLAIM..................... 61 INDIVIDUALS CAN BE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A WORK COLLEAGUE........................................................................................................ 62 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: AU PAIRS AND MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS ........ 62 GUARANTEE PAYMENTS............................................................................................... 63 IS AN UNSIGNED CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT LEGALLY BINDING? ...................... 63 EUROPEAN COURT TO RULE WHETHER PART-TIME WORK IS A DISABILITY ......... 64 FORMER WORKERS NOW HAVE SIX YEARS TO SUBMIT EQUAL PAY COMPENSATION CLAIMS .............................................................................................. 64 HMRC WINS APPEAL IN HOK P35 LATE FILING PENALTIES CASE ............................ 65 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL: ALLOCATION OF PAYE PAYMENTS ................................. 66
CIPP Policy News Journal
12/04/2013, Page 4 of 362
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