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The Year Ahead: Ten predictions for 2015

Sarah Parkin rounds up the key employment law developments, cases and policies that practitioners can expect in the coming year ‘This article sets out ten predictions for 2015, outlining the main parties’ proposals and the key developments and cases employment lawyers can expect next year.’ Next year is currently set to be relatively quiet as …

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Collective Consultation: A round up of recent developments

Ongoing uncertainty about employers’ duty to collectively consult staff about redundancies and business transfers means that the law in this area remains complex, warn Jessica Shemmings and Clare Davis ‘The legislation helps clarify the position on collective consultation for redundancy prior to a transfer covered by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.’Over …

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Fixed-Term Employees: The consultation question

Helen Burgess reviews a recent case on whether the termination of a fixed-term contract must inevitably be a redundancy dismissal ‘The union argued that the fixed-term employees were dismissed as redundant and therefore the university should have consulted their representatives about their dismissals as the collective consultation obligations in s188 were triggered.’ In a case …

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Industrial Relations: Seeking recognition

Tom Flanagan considers the ramifications of PDAU’s battle to represent Boots’ pharmacists ‘R (Boots Management Services v the CAC [2014] is an example of the unions arguing that the UK’s law on trade unions – sometimes in the context of a right to strike or the conduct of industrial action ballots but here in the …

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The Year Ahead: Fourteen predictions for 2014

Sarah Parkin rounds up the key legal developments and cases that employment law practitioners need to be aware of next year ‘A particular issue likely to be of concern to employers is whether they will face discrimination claims if they pay enhanced maternity pay where someone is on maternity leave but do not pay the …

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