If your business grows, you may need to consider moving to new premises. Employees’ jobs are still available, but at the new location. Can you require them to relocate and is it a redundancy if they
refuse?
Published 07.02.2008
You need to relocate an employee to work in another of your premises. What issues do you need to consider before the move takes place? And could a relocation policy help you to manage the change?
Published 08.01.2009
Due to the nature of the market, it’s useful to retain as much flexibility with staff as possible; even as a precautionary measure. How can mobility clauses allow you to do this, particularly in
light of a recent Court of Appeal case?
Published 15.05.2008
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 need an employee to take over a new job. If it doesn’t work out and the job folds must they be offered their old position back?
Published 13.12.2006
1,000s of staff at Tesco’s head office are being made to work on its shop floors one day every fortnight. If you need an employee to temporarily undertake a different role, can you force them to do
so?
Published 06.11.2014
In a recent case, the employer had suffered a severe drop in work but still required the same number of staff to carry it out. One employee claimed that this was a redundancy situation. Did the
Employment Appeal Tribunal agree?
Published 16.11.2012
One of your employees is aggrieved about the actions of an important client. But they’ve now threatened to write to them and make their feelings known! How should you handle this situation and could
it ever justify dismissal?
Published 08.09.2010
Employees who are selected for redundancy must be offered any suitable alternative employment that’s available in your business. Does this include casual work which you have too?
Published 19.11.2020
An important and valued client is refusing to have one of your workers back on their site. How should you deal with the situation? Can you just dismiss him because there’s no longer a job?
Published 11.01.2007