A monthly update from the Employment, Immigration & Pensions team, containing news about recent and topical developments in employment, immigration and pensions law.
Employment, Immigration & Pensions Update - June 2017
Contents
- Dismissing a whistleblower: is the employer's belief that the disclosure is not protected relevant?
- Disability discrimination: what happens if an employee's sick leave results in the identification of a redundancy situation?
- Discrimination risk when providing references
- Non-compete clause: consideration given to expectations of future promotions when determining reasonableness
- Home Office publishes paper on EU citizens in the UK
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The recent Court of Appeal case of Dr Beatt v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has found that, in a whistleblower dismissal case, the question of whether a disclosure is protected is an objective one. Facts Dr Beatt, a consultant cardiologist, was... Read more
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In the recent case of Charlesworth v Dransfields Engineering Services Ltd , the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has concluded that, where an employee’s sickness absence allows his employer to identify that his role is no longer needed... Read more
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The recent tribunal case of Mr P Mefful v Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth serves as a reminder of the risks when giving references to prospective employers. The tribunal found that an employee was discriminated against by their former employer after the... Read more
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The recent High Court case of Egon Zehnder Ltd v Mary Caroline Tillman has found that, although the reasonableness of a non-compete clause should be assessed at the time the contract is entered into, the parties’ expectations of future promotions... Read more
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Home Office publishes paper on EU citizens in the UK
The Home Office recently published a policy paper on how the UK intends to treat EU citizens in the UK post Brexit. More details on this will be available on our website shortly.