Policy News Journal - 2014-15

Employment Appeal Tribunal decides on the status of a football referee ........................ 109 Penalty Clause in Employee's Notice Period .................................................................. 110 Compulsory Retirement Ages ......................................................................................... 110 Termination payments: tax tribunal rules on payments under interim relief orders .......... 111 HMRC loses Rangers employee benefit trust appeal...................................................... 111 Communications to employees about pay changes ........................................................ 112 Restrictive covenants, notice period and salary .............................................................. 112 Rewriting restrictive covenants ....................................................................................... 113 Illegality defence in discrimination claims........................................................................ 114 Withdrawing a tribunal claim ........................................................................................... 114 HMRC wins judicial review over settlement agreement................................................... 115 Can tribunals decide on issues not in dispute? ............................................................... 115 Detrimental treatment and the burden of proof................................................................ 116 TUPE transfer – it is all in the timing ............................................................................... 117 TUPE and constructive dismissal.................................................................................... 117 Constructive Dismissal ................................................................................................... 118 DDA and reasonable adjustments .................................................................................. 118 Relocation following a TUPE transfer: is this a substantial change to employees' material detriment?......................................................................................................... 119 Disregarding medical evidence....................................................................................... 120 Employment Tribunal can award costs of in-house lawyer.............................................. 120 Labour Party Announcement on Employment Tribunals ................................................. 121 Employment Tribunal Statistics....................................................................................... 121 Self-employed worker entitled to holiday pay .................................................................. 121 Future Loss of Earnings and Pension Losses ................................................................. 123 Deductions from Salary .................................................................................................. 124 Employers face increased pension loss payouts after NHS case.................................... 124 Meaning of employee ..................................................................................................... 125 Change to labour-only subcontract did not preclude worker' status................................. 126 Tribunal confirms termination payment liable to tax in full ............................................... 126 Tribunal finds employee disabled when evidence indicates otherwise ............................ 127 PWC loses flexible working discrimination case.............................................................. 127 Employee on maternity leave selected for redundancy not offered alternative role ......... 128 Court rules on damages claims for psychiatric injury ...................................................... 129 Effect of not objecting to contract variations.................................................................... 130 Aerosol and perfume ban not a practicable reasonable adjustment ................................ 130 Was the plumber an employee? ..................................................................................... 131 Redundancy - Meaning of Place of Employment ............................................................ 132 High Court ruling may protect bankrupts’ pensions after freedoms take effect ................ 133 Appeals against Dismissal .............................................................................................. 133 Employment Tribunal: Affirmation and sickness.............................................................. 134 EAT’s decision on Collective Redundancies in Woolworths was wrong .......................... 134 Do you have clearly defined social media policies in place? ........................................... 135 Reasonable adjustment duty .......................................................................................... 136 Employment status of an unremunerated director........................................................... 136 Redundancy during maternity leave................................................................................ 137 Unfair Dismissal: Scope of Investigation in Conduct Dismissals ..................................... 137 Repudiatory Breach of Contract...................................................................................... 138 'Loss of a Chance' Compensation................................................................................... 138 Employee could not claim constructive dismissal after 18 month delay........................... 139 Employment Appeal Tribunal - Type 2 Diabetes ............................................................. 139 Equal Pay.......................................................................................................... 140 CIPP response to the further consultation on equal pay audits ....................................... 140 Equal pay audits ............................................................................................................. 140 Gender pay reporting...................................................................................................... 140 Expenses and Benefits ................................................................................... 141 Company Cars .................................................................................................................. 141 Company car and van fuel benefit for 2014/15................................................................ 141 HMRC Company car and car fuel benefit calculator........................................................ 141

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