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Pragmatic & proactive
employer services
We provide proactive pragmatic general day to day advice on all employment issues.
Practical & responsive
employee advice
Our solicitors have all gained considerable experience working for major UK law firms. The fact that we are a niche practice allows us to respond flexibly, sympathetically and in a more cost effective way.
We are experienced in advising both partners and partnerships particularly in relation to retirement of partners or members. We seek to deal with such matters in a practical and sensitive way.
We advise our employer clients on all aspects of business related immigration to assist them with hiring, relocating and retaining staff who are subject to UK immigration control.
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Motive of investigating manager attributed to employer
In Cadent Gas Ltd v Singh, the EAT held that an investigating manager’s anti-trade union motivation could be attributed to his employer, notwithstanding that he did not take the decision to dismiss. ... read more
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SC rules on severance doctrine
In Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd, the Supreme Court allowed unreasonably broad wording to be severed from a restrictive covenant thereby allowing EZ Ltd to enforce the remainder. ... read more
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Perceived disability
The CA has upheld the ET’s decision in the Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey finding that a police officer suffered direct discrimination when she was denied a transfer as a result of a perceived disability. ... read more
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Enhanced shared parental pay
The CA has held, in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd, that CCM’s failure to provide Mr Ali with enhanced shared parental pay was not discriminatory. ... read more
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Injury to feelings
The EAT, in Base Childrenswear Limited v Otshudi, confirmed that an injury to feelings award for a single act of discrimination is not limited to the lower Vento band. ... read more
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CA finds revoking offer after medical assessment was not discriminatory
The CA, in Owen v AMEC Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd & anor, concluded that withdrawing an overseas posting following a medical assessment did not constitute disability discrimination. ... read more
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Knowledge of a disability
The EAT held in Baldeh v Churches Housing Association of Dudley & District Ltd, that the ET should have considered whether CHADD had actual or constructive knowledge of a disability when it rejected Ms Baldeh’s appeal and not just whether it had knowledge at the time of dismissal. ... read more
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Compensation limits and minimum awards increase
Compensation limits and minimum awards will increase where a claim arises on or after 6 April 2019. The changes include: ... read more
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Vento bands updated
The Vento bands for injury to feelings awards in discrimination cases have been updated. For claims brought on or after 6 April 2019, the bands are: ... read more
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Disability discrimation
The EAT, in iForce Limited v Wood, has held that a warning given to an employee following her refusal to obey an instruction, due to a mistaken belief that changes to her working conditions would exacerbate her disability, did not amount to unfavourable treatment because of something arising from a disability. ... read more
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Assertion of a statutory right
The EAT held in Spaceman v ISS Mediclean Ltd t/a ISS Facility Services Healthcare that protection against unfair dismissal following the assertion of a statutory right requires an allegation that there has been an actual breach. ... read more
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