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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…
Court of Appeal endorses fixed costs avoidance By Adam Burrell In a surprising decision, the Court of Appeal in Doyle v M&D Foundations & Building Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 927 have endorsed avoidance of fixed recoverable costs if parties agree a costs provision that refers to ‘detailed assessment’…
Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd By Duncan Strachan Brazilian compensation scheme is no barrier to English proceedings - Court of Appeal allows Fundão Dam class action to proceed In a landmark decision, the Court of Appeal has held that group litigation brought by over 200,000 Brazilan claimants…
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.
Whistleblowing: Whistle-blowers’ conduct was separable from the act of whistleblowing so her dismissal was fair By Ceri Fuller The Court of Appeal has upheld tribunal and EAT decisions that a whistle-blower who was dismissed for criticising a colleague when making a whistle-blowing allegation was not automatically unfairly dismissed even though, viewed objectively, her…
Disability discrimination: Employee with long covid was disabled By Hilary Larter An employment tribunal has held that an employee with symptoms of long covid was protected by disability discrimination legislation.
Employment Matters - August 2022 Health By Hilary Larter It’s been a busy month. We have had the long awaited Supreme Court decision in the Harpur Trust v Brazel case. The Supreme Court decided that holiday entitlement should not be pro-rated to reflect part year working, and pay is not calculated using a…
Employment Matters - August 2022 FS + COMM By Hilary Larter It’s been a busy month. We have had the long awaited Supreme Court decision in the Harpur Trust v Brazel case. The Supreme Court decided that holiday entitlement should not be pro-rated to reflect part year working, and pay is not calculated using a…
