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GDPR – European General Data Protection Regulation By Rhiannon Webster The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2016. A rewrite of European data protection law, the GDPR imposes comprehensive and far reaching obligations. With enforcement after two years, companies need to be…
DAC Beachcroft launches free immigration helpline for businesses By Shahjahan Ali To help businesses navigate the immigration system, DAC Beachcroft has launched an immigration helpline which gives businesses the opportunity to have a free 30 minute discussion with one of our immigration specialists.
Flexible furlough - details published By Louise Bloomfield As is becoming the norm the anticipated Government guidance on the new flexible furlough scheme was published late on Friday evening (12.06.20).
Employment Matters - Health - June 2020 By Ceri Fuller DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
Furlough leave: updates on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme By Ceri Fuller Furlough continues to be a significant topic for all employment practitioners. On 29 May 2020 the Chancellor announced that flexible furlough would be permitted from July and that employers would be required to bear some of the financial cost from…
Disciplinary and grievance procedures during the pandemic By Ceri Fuller ACAS has published guidance on the conduct of grievance and disciplinary procedures during the pandemic.
Redundancy: can employers use competitive application procedures in redundancy situations? By Ceri Fuller In this case, the EAT considered circumstances when it would be appropriate to use competitive application procedures rather than pooling employees and applying selection criteria in a redundancy process.
Constructive dismissal: last straws By Ceri Fuller The EAT has held that an employee was constructively dismissed although the act that tipped him into resigning was innocuous.
Confidentiality clauses: employer was liable to make full payment under a COT3 in spite of the ex-employee's breach of the confidentiality clause By Ceri Fuller The High Court has held that breach of a confidentiality clause in a COT3 was not breach of a condition or a repudiatory breach of an intermediate term, and the employer was not therefore exempt from the obligation to pay the settlement payment.
TUPE: are transfer-related changes to an employee's contract void if the changes are beneficial for the employee? By Ceri Fuller In a landmark ruling, the EAT has held that all changes to terms and conditions of employment which are made ‘solely or principally’ because of a TUPE transfer are void, not just those changes which are detrimental to the employee.
Employment Matters - June 2020 By Ceri Fuller DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.
