In a recent case involving British Airways Plc (BA), the tribunal said that reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee should have been put in place within six weeks. Is this the new rule?
Published 24.09.2012
Your employees receive a car users’ allowance, but there’s a clause that entitles you to vary the rates, without notice. When you reduce the rate, some staff claim breach of contract. What’s the
likelihood of you winning the case?
Published 12.12.2008
When drafting employment contracts you probably include a flexibility clause that enables you to ask staff to perform different tasks. But how far, in reality, will such a clause take you?
Published 19.10.2006
After careful consideration it’s clear that no reasonable adjustments can be made to a disabled employee’s job. So what about swapping their role with another employee’s? How can you dodge objections
from that person?
Published 30.11.2010
It’s a question that crops up all the time - you need to move your business to another location or move an employee to another job function. Do you have the right to insist on these changes?
Published 07.09.2006
You may have staff who have agreed to work flexibly in order to try to avoid a redundancy situation. Can you simply rely on an “ad hoc” verbal arrangement, or is it safer to put it in writing?
Published 05.06.2009
When it comes to employment contracts, you naturally want flexibility so that if business reasons require contract terms to be varied, you can do this without facing a constructive dismissal claim.
What’s the best way to achieve this?
Published 13.12.2007
Until recently, it was believed that an employee could only be put on garden leave if there was a clause in their contract allowing it. But a High Court case has altered this position. What did it
say?
Published 19.02.2009
A well-drafted mobility clause gives you the right to relocate an employee. However, two employees who refused to comply with such a clause have successfully claimed unfair dismissal. What do you
need to know?
Published 23.02.2017
As a general rule, you can’t amend any documents which have contractual force without first having your employees’ express and prior consent. Fair enough, but is there any way you might be able to
retain some flexibility here?
Published 05.06.2013