Tag: Dismissal
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Time Travel and Redundancy Consultation – a useful victory in a hostile landscape for UK employers
Introduction Indications from some of my clients suggest we may be entering a period when companies are, once again, looking at reducing headcount, so I thought I’d look at a recent relevant case that might be helpful. In what one might describe as a rare moment of sanity in the UK’s increasingly anti-employer legal environment,…
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The Employment Rights Bill: New Protections, New Pressures for Employers
On 10 October 2024, the UK’s Labour government introduced the Employment Rights Bill to Parliament. The changes set out in the Bill are, we are told, aimed at enhancing employees’ and workers’ rights as part of the government’s declared intention to “make work pay”. While the changes do, on the surface, provide greater protections for…
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Whistleblowing, Performance, and Probation
Sometimes the most valuable employee-management insights come not from groundbreaking cases, but from those that reinforce the importance of fundamental principles. The recent Employment Tribunal decision in Currie v Four Seasons Health Care Group offers just such a reminder. It underscores a crucial truth: effective employee management isn’t about revolutionary techniques, but about consistently applying…
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Dismissal Without Warning or Right to Appeal: An Exception to Prove the Rule
Can a dismissal without prior warning or a right of appeal ever be fair? In the recent case of Matthews v CGI IT UK Ltd [2024] EAT 38, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) grappled with this question. The answer, a nuanced yes, is critical for employers to understand, not least because it reinforces the importance…