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Employment eBulletin | Winter 2007/2008

Employment

Winter 2007/2008
Case Round-Up

An Employment Tribunal has recently made the first award of compensation to an employee who was dismissed for being too young for her job...

For the first time the EAT has recently ruled that TUPE could apply in principle to businesses that are transferred outside of the EU...

Where an employee is long-term absent on grounds of ill health, should an employer consider ill health retirement before dismissing for incapacity?

We examine the case of Bloxham v Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where an Employment Tribunal dismissed claims of age discrimination because Freshfields was able to objectively justify its treatment.

Can you enforce restrictive covenants for the benefit of a Group Company with no clients?

New Law

Compensation limits increased from 1 February 2008.

We look at civil penalties for employers of illegal workers.

Employment Contacts
Marian Derham
Direct Dial: 020 7667 5222
Joanne Twiss
Direct Dial: 020 7667 5200
Amal Phillips
Direct Dial: 020 7667 5248
Emily Pritty
Direct Dial: 020 7667 5222
Nicholas Hobson
Direct Dial: 020 7667 5177

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