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Employee references: Addressing concerns that arise after the employee has left employment
Date:
26 October 2011
Author: Kate Duffy -
Pensions Regulator continues campaign to improve standard of DC trustees
Date:
18 October 2011
Author: The Pensions Regulator (“tPR”) has issued a further guidance note clarifying and outlining the role tPR expects defined-contribution (“DC”) scheme trustees to be undertaking. -
Agency Workers Regulations 2010
Date:
03 October 2011
Author: Adrian Fryer -
Auto-enrolment pensions: Are you prepared?
Date:
22 September 2011
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
The Supreme Court has ruled that when determining an individual's legal status, tribunals should focus on the reality of the relationship between the parties
Date:
29 July 2011
Author: James Upton -
No requirement to request annual leave when on long-term sick leave
Date:
29 July 2011
Author: James Upton -
The effect of strikes on pensions accrual, life cover and AVCs
Date:
05 July 2011
Author: Kerstie Skeaping -
Garside and Laycock Ltd v Booth: Dismissal for refusing to accept a pay cut
Date:
05 July 2011
Author: Kate Duffy -
No article 6 right to legal representation at internal disciplinary hearings
Date:
29 June 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Employer debt rules to be reformed by Government
Date:
20 June 2011
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Agency Workers Regulations 2010
Date:
23 May 2011
Author: Rob Coward -
Government announces extension of its employment law reform review
Date:
12 May 2011
Author: Jeff Middleton -
Discretionary pension increases and the employer's implied duty of good faith
Date:
11 May 2011
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Methodist ministers are office holders and have employment rights
Date:
03 May 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Private and home email use and unfair dismissal
Date:
21 April 2011
Author: Will Clayton -
Independent hearing challenge resisted
Date:
15 April 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Two tier code for Councils withdrawn
Date:
01 April 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Abolition of the default retirement age
Date:
25 March 2011
Author: Jeff Middleton -
Public Sector Equality Duty under the Equality Act 2010 comes into force on 6 April 2011
Date:
25 March 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Abolition of the default retirement age
Date:
24 March 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Recent EU gender equality case and its significant impact on pension schemes
Date:
03 March 2011
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Taxation of termination payments made after a P45 has been issued (from or on 6 April 2011)
Date:
03 March 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
No national agreement on rate of pay for staff working on the day of the Royal Wedding
Date:
28 February 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Bonuses and Pay Protection challenged at the Employment Appeal Tribunal
Date:
24 February 2011
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Report published into the approach and behaviour of NHS South West in relation to the dismissal of John Watkinson by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Date:
10 February 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Are you too transparent?
Date:
09 February 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
TUPE – A change of workplace alone is not an ETO reason
Date:
08 February 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
The impact of the abolition of the Default Retirement Age
Date:
07 February 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
DWP to review the regulatory differences between occupational and workplace personal pensions in its drive to get more people saving
Date:
02 February 2011
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Government employment law and procedure reforms announced
Date:
27 January 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Guidance for approval of senior pay
Date:
21 January 2011
Author: Philip Farrar -
Employers should specify payments due under PILON clauses
Date:
22 December 2010
Author: James Upton -
Government withdraws the Code of Practice in workforce matters in public sector service contracts
Date:
21 December 2010
Author: On 13 December 2010, the government announced that it was withdrawing the Code of Practice in Workforce Matters in Public Sector Service Contracts (the "Code") with immediate effect. -
New compensation limits to apply from 1 February 2011
Date:
16 December 2010
Author: James Upton -
NHS Employment Check Standards recently updated
Date:
15 December 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
FSD’s issued against Lehman Brothers and Nortel upheld in the High Court
Date:
14 December 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Pension schemes and disclosure of information
Date:
29 November 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley-Taylor -
Socio-economic duty to be scrapped
Date:
17 November 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Transforming Community Services: pay for senior staff in provider organisations
Date:
12 November 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
“Vetting and Barring Scheme” infringes Human Rights Act
Date:
11 November 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Defined contribution schemes: improving member investment choices
Date:
09 November 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Summarily dismissing an employee by letter – The ‘Effective Date of Termination’
Date:
08 November 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Will the FSD’s issued against Lehman Brothers and Nortel be overturned?
Date:
04 November 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Government changes to the annual allowance and lifetime allowance: practical advice for scheme managers, employers and individuals
Date:
03 November 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
The EAT finds that references provided after employment has ended can still be actionable in both Employment Tribunals and the higher courts.
Date:
29 October 2010
Author: James Upton -
Humphreys v Norilsk Nickel International (UK) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1867 (QB)
Date:
28 October 2010
Author: Nicholas Humphreys -
NHS Trust breaches Data Protection Act
Date:
28 October 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
High Court to hear cases on the impartiality of NHS disciplinary panels for doctors
Date:
25 October 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Loosening the employee checking procedures
Date:
25 October 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
DWP to clarify section 251 in relation to the repayment of surplus
Date:
22 October 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley-Taylor -
Whistleblowing in the NHS: further reforms
Date:
15 October 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Managing stress during tough economic times: new guidance issued by CIPD
Date:
24 September 2010
Author: Will Clayton -
The employer’s role in running a pension scheme: Pensions Regulator guidance issued
Date:
24 September 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Bribery Act and the NHS
Date:
16 September 2010
Author: The Bribery Act is due to come into force in April 2011. The Act will make it a criminal offence for commercial organisations to fail to prevent bribes being paid on their behalf. -
Repayment of Surplus – implications of section 251 of the Pensions Act 2004
Date:
16 September 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
MHPS: Article 6 and Contractual rights
Date:
27 August 2010
Author: James Upton -
Equality Act 2010 and health questionnaires used in recruitment
Date:
19 August 2010
Author: Will Clayton -
Brownbill -v- St Helens and Knowsley Hospital NHS Trust
Date:
13 August 2010
Author: Andrew Gibson -
National Minimum Wage rates to rise in October 2010
Date:
12 August 2010
Author: James Upton -
Update: legal representation at internal disciplinary hearings
Date:
03 August 2010
Author: Rob Coward -
Update: legal representation at internal disciplinary hearings
Date:
02 August 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 delayed by six months, until April 2011
Date:
26 July 2010
Author: Tim Thomas -
RPI to CPI as the measure of price inflation: how are pension schemes and their members affected?
Date:
26 July 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Fraudulent fit notes
Date:
12 July 2010
Author: Rob Coward -
Guidance on reviewing whistle-blowing arrangements in NHS organisations published
Date:
12 July 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Does your pension fund have BP shares in it?
Date:
02 July 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
First Contribution Notice issued by Pensions Regulator
Date:
01 July 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Court of Appeal considers Rose Gibb's case and overturns the previous High Court decision
Date:
29 June 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Decision in "IMG case" overturned by the Court of Appeal?
Date:
25 June 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Surgeon awarded compensation for loss of status
Date:
25 June 2010
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Pensions Regulator urges trustees of defined benefits schemes “get to grips with the employer covenant”
Date:
18 June 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Equality Act 2010 and Seafarers
Date:
17 June 2010
Author: Nicholas Humphreys -
Breaking news
Date:
15 June 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Royal College of Nursing seeks judicial review of the new vetting and barring scheme
Date:
14 June 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Have you renewed your Gender Equality Scheme?
Date:
08 June 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Equal Pay - reversal of previous EAT decision
Date:
01 June 2010
Author: Andrew Gibson -
New employer debt easements introduced
Date:
25 May 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley-Taylor -
TUPE 2006: Transfer of contract for legal services was not service provision change because of continuing relationship
Date:
24 May 2010
Author: James Upton -
TUPE 2006: Transfer of contract for legal services was not service provision change because of continuing relationship
Date:
29 April 2010
Author: James Upton -
What impact will the Bribery Act 2010 have on employers?
Date:
16 April 2010
Author: Jeff Middleton -
Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) issues guidance to scheme employers on risk sharing
Date:
13 April 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Termination of employment contracts and PILON clauses – clarification of the method and date of termination
Date:
12 April 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
In A v B an employee was dismissed fairly on the basis of a breakdown of trust and confidence even though criminal allegations were not substantiated
Date:
12 April 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Additional paternity leave regulations announced
Date:
08 April 2010
Author: Jeff Middleton -
Equality Bill passes all Parliamentary stages
Date:
07 April 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
High professional standards
Date:
31 March 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Equal pay and TUPE transfers
Date:
30 March 2010
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Court of Appeal reserves its judgment in Rose Gibb case
Date:
26 March 2010
Author: Court of Appeal reserves its judgment in Rose Gibb case -
Dismissal of an employee who has undermined the trust and confidence at the heart of a contract of employment
Date:
17 March 2010
Author: Michael Morrison -
DB pension schemes and company insolvencies
Date:
15 March 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
The duty of an employer to consult workers' representatives when collective redundancies are being considered
Date:
04 March 2010
Author: David Chinn -
Publication of the Inquiry into standards of care at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Chief Executive’s recommendations
Date:
26 February 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Pension fund deficit dispute forces viable company into administration
Date:
23 February 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Employee on sick leave allowed to carry over holiday entitlement to next leave year
Date:
19 February 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
The power of the employer to unilaterally vary contracts of employment
Date:
18 February 2010
Author: Michael Morrison -
Normal minimum pension age to rise to 55 on and from 6 April 2010
Date:
17 February 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Court of appeal finds that productivity bonuses “Tainted by sexism” must be objectively justified
Date:
15 February 2010
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Alice in Wonderland?
Date:
08 February 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Damages awarded to “whistleblowing” consultant
Date:
05 February 2010
Author: Phillip Farrar -
Territorial jurisdiction of Employment Tribunal
Date:
03 February 2010
Author: Nicholas Humphreys -
Public interest disclosure and tribunal claims
Date:
01 February 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
European Court of Justice finds age-related notice periods to be discriminatory
Date:
27 January 2010
Author: Jeff Middleton -
Loss of Right to Paid Annual Leave
Date:
26 January 2010
Author: James Upton -
Right to be legally represented at disciplinary and appeal hearings
Date:
22 January 2010
Author: Philip Farrar -
Pensions forecast 2010
Date:
15 January 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Pregnancy and risk assessments
Date:
11 January 2010
Author: Sue Morrison -
Flexible Retirement and Pension Provision
Date:
11 January 2010
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Does an employer have to consult with the entire workforce when undertaking a TUPE transfer?
Date:
08 January 2010
Author: Michael Morrison -
Reductions in maximum awards effective from February 2010
Date:
21 December 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Faith schools: eligibility for admission must depend on faith and not ethnicity – Supreme Court agrees with Court of Appeal
Date:
18 December 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Race Relations Act: NHS Trusts face enforcement action
Date:
11 December 2009
Author: James Upton -
Employment matters: the ‘at a glance’ guide to employment law
Date:
08 December 2009
Author: Will Clayton -
Regulator issues a consultation on revised internal controls guidance & e-learning modules on good scheme administration
Date:
04 December 2009
Author: Hill Dickinson -
New offence for causing a nuisance on NHS premises
Date:
04 December 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Calculating the national minimum wage where a worker always receives overtime or shift payments
Date:
01 December 2009
Author: Hill Dickinson -
New right of employees to request time to train to come into force in April 2010
Date:
26 November 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Further Comment on NHS Employers’ “Guidance … on the Process for Making Severance Payments to Senior Managers”
Date:
24 November 2009
Author: Suzanne Nulty -
New right of employees to request time to train to come into force in April 2010
Date:
20 November 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
NHS compromise agreement case to be heard in Court of Appeal
Date:
18 November 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
English unfair dismissal right may apply to crewmembers of ships registered overseas and not in Great Britain
Date:
11 November 2009
Author: Nicholas Humphreys -
Severance Payments Guidance from NHS Employers
Date:
04 November 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Invalidly appointed trustees and the validity of their decisions
Date:
02 November 2009
Author: Hill Dickinson -
Is length of service sufficient to justify differences in pay?
Date:
28 October 2009
Author: Hill Dickinson -
Please don't hit the Judge
Date:
27 October 2009
Author: Hill Dickinson -
Unfair dismissal: Employer only liable for losses it has caused
Date:
26 October 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Pensions sharing on divorce and recent Pension Ombudsman’s ruling on failing to re-invest funds in a timely manner
Date:
21 October 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
The new employment toolkit
Date:
06 October 2009
Author: Hill Dickinson -
Dismissal due to a client’s objection to employee need not be unfair
Date:
05 October 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
NHS pension reform: deadline of 1 October 2009
Date:
30 September 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Personal accounts: delay in new pension plans until 2016?
Date:
29 September 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Default retirement age of 65 is lawful
Date:
29 September 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
You’ve changed!
Date:
28 September 2009
Author: James Upton -
New judgement allowing employers to require employees to retire at 65
Date:
25 September 2009
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Reclaiming holiday due to illness
Date:
23 September 2009
Author: Robert Coward -
Employer debt regulations to be amended
Date:
22 September 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Appointment of Consultants
Date:
21 September 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
The Attorney General and the illegal worker
Date:
18 September 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
New case concerning TUPE transfers and substantial changes which are materially detrimental to employees
Date:
04 September 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Employee allowed to hold on to higher salary Keenan v Barclays Bank - Ashford Employment Tribunal (2009)
Date:
13 August 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Contract workers and race discrimination
Date:
11 August 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
Misconduct dismissals - no requirement for employer to investigate further once misconduct admitted
Date:
06 August 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
Faith schools: eligibility for admission must depend on faith and not ethnicity
Date:
03 August 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Employers afforded wide measure of flexibility in redundancy pool selection
Date:
30 July 2009
Author: MIchael Morrison -
Regulator signals tougher stance on defined contribution pensions governance
Date:
28 July 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Revised trustee knowledge and understanding (TKU) code of practice and guidance issued
Date:
24 July 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Right to legal representation at disciplinary hearings is re-established
Date:
24 July 2009
Author: James Upton -
Workers are not necessarily entitled to holiday pay
Date:
20 July 2009
Author: Will Clayton -
Neath Port Talbot LHB v Andrew Gilbey – contingent removal from the medical performers list
Date:
17 July 2009
Author: Emma Di Giacomo -
Two important public sector equal pay cases
Date:
16 July 2009
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Mandatory retirement dismissals
Date:
15 July 2009
Author: Andrew Gibson -
TUPE service transfers
Date:
09 July 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Risk transfers - the Regulator publishes a code of practice for trustees
Date:
08 July 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
House of Lords lowers Disability Discrimination Act 1995 “hurdles” for potential claimants with recurring disabilities
Date:
03 July 2009
Author: Robert Coward -
HM Revenue & Customs v Stringer and others [2009]
Date:
19 June 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Equal pay decision
Date:
04 June 2009
Author: Andrew Gibson -
End of the road for sick notes
Date:
02 June 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Working time directive and junior doctors’ training
Date:
26 May 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Last in, first out is not (necessarily) discriminatory on the grounds of age
Date:
19 May 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
An expensive lesson?
Date:
12 May 2009
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Equal pay and agenda for change
Date:
01 May 2009
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Pre-pack asset stripping of company and effect on the firm’s pension scheme
Date:
29 April 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Chief Executive’s agreed payoff overturned
Date:
28 April 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Pensions Regulator: anti-avoidance powers and notifiable events
Date:
27 April 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Right to legal representation at disciplinary hearings
Date:
24 April 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Pensions Regulator adapts to the problems caused by the recession
Date:
20 April 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
HMRC and tax repayment requests from registered pension schemes
Date:
15 April 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Further equal pay update
Date:
09 April 2009
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Equal pay update
Date:
09 April 2009
Author: Andrew Gibson -
New laws for April 2009
Date:
03 April 2009
Author: James Upton -
No Asylum for TUPE Seekers
Date:
02 April 2009
Author: Robert Coward -
Lies, damned Lies and....
Date:
26 March 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Retirement rules
Date:
24 March 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Defined contribution
Date:
23 March 2009
Author: Andrew Ashley Taylor -
Healthcare Commission underlines the ultimate responsibility that NHS trust boards have to improve safety in hospitals
Date:
18 March 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
ACAS Code of Practice on discipline and grievance
Date:
18 March 2009
Author: James Upton -
Craig and Others vs Transocean
Date:
16 March 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
Equal pay in the public sector
Date:
09 March 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
Retirement rules
Date:
05 March 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
Disciplinary and dismissal - employee must be told of his potential fate
Date:
11 February 2009
Author: Michael Morrison -
Comparator test
Date:
09 February 2009
Author: James Upton -
Discretionary bonuses - bonus labelled 'discretionary' may still be contractual
Date:
02 February 2009
Author: Philip Farrar -
House of Lords ruling on POVA list
Date:
27 January 2009
Author: Hill Dickinson -
Approved uses of Retention of Employment model by the NHS
Date:
22 January 2009
Author: Will Clayton -
European Court rules workers off on long term sick are entitled to holidays
Date:
22 January 2009
Author: Will Clayton -
Ladele v London Borough of Islington
Date:
29 December 2008
Author: Michael Morrison -
Pay by reference to length of service - Wilson v Health & Safety Executive [2008]
Date:
29 December 2008
Author: Andrew Gibson -
Homophobic Banter
Date:
23 December 2008
Author: Hill Dickinson -
Religious Discrimination
Date:
03 December 2008
Author: Philip Farrar -
Court of Appeal's decision of indirect gender discrimination
Date:
14 November 2008
Author: Andrew Gibson -
ACAS publishes a new disciplinary procedure Code of Practice
Date:
14 November 2008
Author: Michael Morrison
