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April 2022 Newsletter

Welcome With Spring having (apparently) sprung, welcome to this month’s Update. My mention of the time of year is (you’ll be unsurprised to hear) a clumsy segue into some news from France about spring cleaning, housework and whether shirking...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Daryl Cowan |in DC News, Newsletters & Videos

Employment Tribunal practice and procedure for 2022/2023

Over the last couple of years, the Employment Tribunals have faced a number of logistical challenges due to Covid, in how it deals with cases. This has resulted in the Presidents of both the England & Wales and Scotland Employment Tribunals...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Laura Kelleher |in DC News

Right to work checks: new regulations enabling digital identity checks and new codes of practice have been published

The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc, Regulations 2022 came into force on 6th April 2022...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Louis Howlett |in DC News

Are employees entitled to a day off for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday?

As a result of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year, the government announced that there will be an extra bank holiday 3rd June 2022. As such, this will result in nine bank holidays this year, as opposed to the normal eight days...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Claire Helling |in DC News

High Court orders former employee to return confidential documents kept for taking legal advice

In the recent case of Nissan Motor (GB) Limited and Nissan Motor CO., Limited v Passi, the High Court considered the interesting legal issue of whether a former employee could retain confidential documents belonging to his former employer for the...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Laurence Dunn |in DC News

It’s that time of year again… Employment law changes in April 2022

Another year; another raft of changes to employment law. Thankfully, given the challenges that last couple of years has presented, the changes could be considered to be relatively uncontroversial. We have set out some of the key changes below...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Darren Tibble |in DC News

Shareholders agreements and restrictive covenants… An interesting case

DC Employment Solicitors acted in the unusual case of Gardiner Graphics Group Limited v Russell Pay, a sprawling, drawn out case lasting approaching three years from beginning to end. Initially, injunction proceedings in the High Court were...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Darren Tibble |in DC News

Gardiner Graphics Group Limited v Russell Pay

In the case of Gardiner Graphics Group Limited v Russell Pay, the court had to consider a claim for damages by the claimant company against the defendant (for whom this firm acted) for alleged breaches of restrictive covenants contained within a...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Darren Tibble |in DC News

HR Breakfast Meeting 27th April 2022

We are excited to announce our next HR Breakfast Meeting being held at The Potters Heron Hotel on Wednesday 27th April 2022. If you haven’t attended previously, it’s a great opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, share stories and...
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Posted 7th April 2022 | by Holly Ashton |in DC News

March 2022 Newsletter

I appreciate there are now greater concerns world-wide, but you’ve probably had as much as you can take in terms of existential misery, none more so than the poor and brave Ukrainians. So, we’ll concentrate on employment law and pretend for just...
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Posted 3rd March 2022 | by Daryl Cowan |in DC News, Newsletters & Videos

Employment Tribunals see 52% Increase in Flexible Working Claims

In January 2022, research showed that the Employment Tribunal had seen a record number of claims relating to flexible working requests: an increase of 52%.  It is expected that this increase was largely as a result of the pandemic and increased...
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Posted 2nd March 2022 | by Laura Kelleher |in DC News

Dismissal for Raising Vexatious Grievances was Fair

In the case of Hope v British Medical Association, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) considered the interesting situation relating to the fairness of a dismissal of an employee who had been deemed to have raised vexatious grievances. The...
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  • April 2022 Newsletter 13th April 2022
  • Employment Tribunal practice and procedure for 2022/2023 13th April 2022
  • Right to work checks: new regulations enabling digital identity checks and new codes of practice have been published 13th April 2022
  • Are employees entitled to a day off for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday? 13th April 2022
  • High Court orders former employee to return confidential documents kept for taking legal advice 13th April 2022
  • It’s that time of year again… Employment law changes in April 2022 13th April 2022
  • Shareholders agreements and restrictive covenants… An interesting case 13th April 2022

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