In Ranson v Customer Systems plc the Court of Appeal has held that an employee who met his employer’s clients with a view to securing work for his own company after his resignation was not in breach of contract. There was no fiduciary duty on him to report such meetings or his intention to set[…]
No Common Law Duty preventing an Employee Setting up in Competition with Employer
LATEST NEWS Jun 29, 2012
Annual leave disrupted by sickness can be taken at a later date, irrespective of when the sickness started
LATEST NEWS Jun 21, 2012
In Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Federación de Asociaciones Sindicales and ors the ECJ has held that the EU Working Time Directive (No.2003/88) requires that a worker who is sick during paid annual leave is able to interrupt the annual leave and take it at a later date – irrespective of[…]
The Government has announced that it will proceed with plans to require employers who lose equal pay claims before an employment tribunal to undertake and publish equal pay audits. The proposal for imposing mandatory pay audits on employers as a means of tackling the gender pay gap was included in last year’s ‘Modern Workplaces’ consultation.[…]
The Government has announced the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) remit for its 2013 Report. The LPC will continue to monitor, evaluate and review the national minimum wage (NMW) and its impact, and review the levels of each of the different rates. In addition, the Government wants the LPC to pay particular attention to: • the[…]
Disregarding length of service with different company was not age discrimination
LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized Jun 08, 2012
In a recent case Tyrolean Airways Tiroler Luftfahrt GmbH v Betriebsrat Bord the European Court of Justice has held that an employer’s refusal to take into account service with other group companies, when assessing if an employee had the length of service necessary for promotion, was not age discrimination. Requiring three years’ service in a[…]
