Termination
Increase in NHS backlog affecting businesses
High Court injunction restricts Tesco’s ability to “fire and rehire”
Actual or constructive knowledge of a disability by the employer required at the time of dismissal
EAT considers reasonableness of final written warning on fairness of dismissal
When is it reasonable to dismiss rather than to furlough?
Paranoid delusions may not amount to disability
The last straw: what does it take to break the camel’s back?
HMRC changes to taxation of termination payments
Employment Tribunal entitled to re-label decision to dismiss
In a recent Scottish case, the Court of Session has held that an Employment Tribunal (ET) was entitled to re-label […]
Update – Employer NICs on Termination Awards
On 25 April 2019, the National Insurance Contributions Bill was introduced to Parliament. The Bill deals with the national insurance […]
Kilraine v London Borough of Wandsworth [2018]
A recent case has considered the issue of what amounts to a protected disclosure. In Kilraine v. London Borough of Wandsworth [2018], the Court of Appeal guided Employment Tribunals in such cases to focus on determining whether there was a "protected disclosure" and whether the disclosed information, showed or tended to show that one or more of the six specified types of malpractice had taken place or was likely to take place – for example a breach of a legal obligation.