Businesses should take note of a Court of Appeal decision that focused on the level of investigation that an employer may be expected to undertake where there is an alleged theft or act of dishonesty by an employee. In this case, the court restored an employment tribunal’s decision that an Read more…
The Court of Appeal has ordered a defendant to disclose e-mails to the claimant company on the basis of their former relationship as agent and principal. The court confirmed that the principal was entitled to require production by the agent of documents relating to its affairs. Materials held and stored Read more…
A High Court decision provides a classic example of why, when offering or negotiating a settlement of any dispute, it is important to add the words “subject to contract” to correspondence where it is intended that the settlement should not be considered binding until a formal written agreement has been Read more…
Businesses will welcome an EAT decision that an employer did not fail in its duty to make reasonable adjustments by not waiving the requirement for a competitive interview process in respect of an internal vacancy for which a disabled employee was applying. The EAT acknowledged that it would make a Read more…
In a significant change to the law on collective redundancy consultations, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has overturned an employment tribunal’s decision that Woolworths’ employees, who worked in stores where fewer than 20 employees were employed, were not entitled to be consulted collectively. The EAT ruled that the words “at Read more…