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New Presidential Guidance from Office of Industrial Tribunal and Fair Employment Tribunal (OITFET) By Catriona McCorry On 6 May the President of OITFET issued new guidance surrounding the conduct of hearings whether remote, hybrid or in person following relaxation of Covid restrictions in Northern Ireland. This includes provision to request an expedited hearing…
Mini Budget - Tax announcements By John Dunlop The major news outlets will shortly be all over the headlines of the mini / emergency Budget which was first thing this morning. Therefore in the interest of speed a bullet point summary of the tax headlines are as follows:
Anonymity order: Anonymity order awarded to protect the identity of a woman about whom a claimant had made lurid allegations By Hilary Larter The EAT has made an indefinite anonymity order to protect the identity of a young woman about whom a claimant had made untrue lurid allegations.
Political beliefs: No automatic unfair dismissal, but belief in participatory democracy protected By Hilary Larter The EAT has considered the unfair dismissal and discrimination rights of an employee who claimed she had been dismissed for requesting permission to stand as a political candidate.
Tribunal procedure: Merits of a case can be considered when assessing just and equitable extensions of time By Hilary Larter The EAT has held that an employment tribunal was entitled to consider the merits of a claim when deciding whether it should grant an extension of time.
Generational Diversity in the workplace By Michelle Corrigan Michelle Corrigan, a Senior Associate in the Employment team at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, addresses some frequently asked questions about the multi-generational workplace. With the older workforce retiring later and later, we have…
Pension Schemes Act 2021 - Where did we start and where are we now? By Beth Brown Introduction It has now been 18 months since the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (the “ Act ”), which introduced some significant changes to the pensions landscape, became law on 11 February 2021. In this alert we set out the key changes made by the Act…
Legislative reform: Private members’ bill may move the dial on neonatal care By Zoë Wigan A Private Members’ Bill has been passed backing legislation which will give up to 12 weeks paid neonatal leave to employees.
PHI: Unambiguous contractual wording needed to limit entitlement to that being provided by insurer By Ceri Fuller The Court of Appeal has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that an employer was required to make payments directly to the employee in respect of annual increases to his long term sickness income protection payments, although the insurer had…
Age discrimination: An employer did not subject an employee to age discrimination when his PHI benefits stopped when he was 65 By Ceri Fuller The EAT has upheld an employment tribunal judgment that an employer did not subject an employee to direct age discrimination when his PHI benefits ceased at the age of 65.
