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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and... more +
Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: April 2024

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Our April update includes a case on AI facial recognition software that allegedly discriminated against black people, a case where an individual carrying out a dismissal did not have enough knowledge of protected disclosures...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: March 2024

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Our March update includes a case on whether a theatre and agency could dismiss an actor playing a lesbian role because of her devout Christian beliefs, and a case looking at whether an employee who spends virtually all her...more

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UK HR two-minute monthly: April 2023

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Our April update includes cases on religious belief discrimination in the education sector, with a school chaplain preaching to pupils his views on same-sex marriage, a case considering whether the potentially disruptive...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: March 2023

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Our March update includes new cases on whether a “without prejudice” letter attaching a settlement agreement and referring to a termination by mutual agreement can be an effective dismissal letter, the role of written...more

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Holbrey v States Employment Board and Others [2022] TRE 31A

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In Holbrey v States Employment Board and Others [2022] TRE 31A the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal had to consider a number of potential issues, including disability discrimination for a non-physical disability,...more

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Who knew? Women less likely to be able to accommodate certain working patterns

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An employee will succeed with an indirect sex discrimination claim if she can show that her employer applied a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) that put women (including the employee) at a disadvantage when compared...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: post-termination restrictions; discrimination and victimisation claims; right to respect for private...

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Our January update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on post-termination restrictions, interim relief for discrimination and victimisation claims, and the right to respect private life. We also...more

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Employment Flash - July 2020

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This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues related to COVID-19 as well as two seminal U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and clarify the...more

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Employment News: sexual harassment, bereavement leave, disability

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Continuing focus on sexual harassment - The EHRC has published technical guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work, while the Government Equalities Office launched a survey on people's experience of sexual...more

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Where Does Discrimination Liability Lie Where the Decision-Maker Is Influenced by Others?

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In Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Denby (UKEAT/0314/16), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered where liability for discrimination sits where a decision-maker is influenced by others. Mr Denby was a...more

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Employment News - October 2017 #3

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In this weeks issue: - New right to parental bereavement leave... - Answer the question – dismissal fair although misconduct was not gross misconduct... - That old chestnut – height requirement was indirect sex...more

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European Labour & Employment Update - September 2017

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In this edition, we report from around Europe on some interesting case law developments that affect the way employers manage their employees. The range of issues covered shows that, despite the breadth of directives issued by...more

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Employment News - March 2017 #2

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Don't ask, don't get – data subject access requests and litigation - The Court of Appeal has provided further guidance on responding to data subject access requests made in the context of litigation – in this case...more

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Employment Matters – UK - November 2016

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Autumn Statement – Employment Issues The Chancellor has issued an autumn statement setting out certain proposed fiscal changes in the UK. One of these is to the Employee Shareholder Status (ESS) regime, which is set to...more

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