Employees’ duty to reveal intention to compete
MPT brought a High Court claim based on a number of allegations, including that the men had breached their contracts by failing to answer questions truthfully about their future intentions.
Share sale didn’t trigger TUPE
The High Court was asked to determine whether or not an employee who objected to his employer’s share sale remained employed and therefore subject to the garden leave provision in his contract.
Conduct and culpability
This case is centered on the question of whether or not an employer has to prove culpability in a conduct dismissal case.
Failure to call appeal officer wasn’t fatal
Ms Elmore was a maths teacher, dismissed on capability grounds. She had failed to meet the standards expected by the school.
Disability-related absence didn’t cause redundancy
Mr Charlesworth, a branch manager, took a period of sick leave after developing cancer. His employer had been looking to make cost savings, and during Mr Charlesworth’s absence the business identified the possibility of a restructure that would delete his job and save the business up to £40,000 a year.
What does an accident cost your business?
Our Aspiration Zero – Achieving Culture Change workshops are designed to help you work towards eliminating accidents from your operations. We know what a tough ask this is but is a goal we all aspire to achieve, helping to ensure that everyone that comes to work gets home safely.
Banter or Harassment?
We all want our working environments to be generally happy places, where people can, and do, take part in workplace banter.
New manslaughter sentencing guidelines proposed
For the first time, there are now comprehensive guidelines proposed for sentencing people who have been convicted of manslaughter offences in both England and Wales.
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