Employment Law Update February 2011

Employment Law February 2011

In this issue:

•	BBC presenter wins Employment Tribunal claims for unfair dismissal and age discrimination
•	Ministers confirm end of default retirement age
•	Bribery Act 2010
•	Reasonable adjustments
•	Employment Law Q&A - Compromise Agreements
•	Employment Law Training

Meet the Team:

	Kate Fretten Partner - Employment
Kate specialises in both contentious and non-contentious employment issues. Read Kate's full profile
	Paul Burton Solicitor - Employment
Paul is an employment solicitor specialising in both contentious and non-contentious matters. Read Paul's full profile
	Karen Worth Trainee Solicitor - Employment
Karen is completing a training contract to qualify as a solicitor. Karen works with Kate and Paul on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Read Karen's full profile
	Kerri Snape PA - Employment
Kerri assists Kate and Paul with all client matters.

Dear Laura

BBC presenter wins Employment Tribunal claims for unfair dismissal and age discrimination

Ex-BBC Countryfile presenter, Miriam O’Reilly, won her case for unfair dismissal and age discrimination in the Employment Tribunal a couple of weeks ago. The presenter had claimed that she had been unfairly dropped from the popular rural...

Ministers confirm end of default retirement age

The government has confirmed that the default retirement age of 65 is to be phased out later this year. It means that employers will no longer be allowed to dismiss staff just because they have reached the age of 65. The Department of Business said that as...

Bribery Act 2010

The Bribery Act 2010 has received Royal Assent and will come into force in April 2011. It overhauls the previous legislation and case law, which, having developed in a piecemeal fashion since the nineteenth century, was widely regarded as being in need of...

Reasonable adjustments

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) has handed down its decision in RBS v Ashton which reiterates that the test for a failure to make reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (now contained within the Equality...

Employment Law Q&A - Compromise Agreements

We are finding that, at the moment, we are being asked to draft or advise on many more compromise agreements than usual. This month’s Q&A therefore looks at compromise agreements, re-capping on what they are, why they are necessary and some of the...

Employment Law Training

Long Term Sickness - February The Frettens Employment Team have decided to evolve their HR Forum events! We will now be offering a quarterly training session on Employment Law and HR issues. The sessions will be longer and will...

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