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21 July 2015

Light Duties And Career Breaks Not ‘Reasonable Adjustments’

In the recently reported case of Salford NHS Primary Care Trust v Smith, EAT, it was decided that the employer was not in breach of the reasonable adjustments duty contained in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by failing to offer either rehabilitative work in the form of light duties or a career break to an […]

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6 July 2015

TUPE – What is an Organised Grouping of Employees?

In the recent decision of Eddie Stobart Ltd v Morman the EAT decided that for there to be a service provision change under Reg 3 (1) (b) of TUPE 2006, it is not enough to say that employees will transfer if they simply “go with the work”. Stobart is a warehousing and logistics service provider. […]

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4 July 2015

Redudancy and Suitable Alternative Employment

In a recent decision, the EAT has overturned an Employment Tribunal’s decision of unfair dismissal because of inadequate consultation and subjectivity in the employer’s assessment of the Claimant for alternative employment. In the case of Samsung Electronics (UK) v Monte D’Cruz, the Claimant worked in the Print division of Samsung as one of four senior […]

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