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Disciplining and Dismissing at the breakfast table …

Posted on 20 May 2013 in Legal Updates

In April we held an Employment Breakfast Seminar on Disciplinary Issues and Dismissals.
 
Employers were advised by the Lodders team on ...

Redundancy on the basis of absence needn’t be disability discrimination

Posted on 20 May 2013 in Legal Updates

The Employment Appeals Tribunal has held that there was no unlawful disability discrimination where an employer making redundancy selection took account ...

Warning! Do not dismiss employees at the behest of a third party

Posted on 20 May 2013 in Legal Updates

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that it is not reasonable to dismiss an employee at the behest of a third party without considering whether the ...

What's New for Summer 2013?

Posted on 20 May 2013 in Legal Updates

Employment law was hit with a number of changes in March and April 2013 and employers should be aware of the following changes and adapt their policies ...

Enhancing the Old

Posted on 20 May 2013 in Legal Updates

The Employment Appeals Tribunal has held that enhanced redundancy payments for older workers could be justified.

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Mark Lee, Real Estate partner at Lodders Solicitors

'One size fits all' for right to light is unfair

Posted on 17 Apr 2013 in Legal Updates

The Law Commission has published a consultation on rights to light, making proposals on the criteria for establishing such rights, calling for ...

Kim Klahn, Lodders

Introducing Empline

Posted on 16 Apr 2013 in Legal Updates

Empline is a one-stop combined HR and employment law service ...

Miscellaneous private client news

Posted on 16 Apr 2013 in Legal Updates

The Presumption of Death Act 2013 received Royal Assent on 26 March 2013. The Act makes provision for the presumed death of persons who ...

Regulation of Will writing

Posted on 16 Apr 2013 in Legal Updates

We have reported in previous editions of this brief that Lord Hunt, in advising the Law Society in October 2008 on what was needed to establish best ...