This summer there has been some interesting case law on the question of employee rights to holiday or payment in lieu of holiday when on sick leave. The principle that the purpose of paid annual leave is to enable the worker to enjoy a period of rest and enjoy a period of relaxation and leisure is well established; as is the principle that entitlement to sick leave is to ensure that the worker can recover from an illness that has caused him to be unfit for work.
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Monthly Archive October 2012
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OctDisciplinary action – is a second bite of the cherry permitted?
Where an employee has been disciplined once for failing to deliver a project to a long standing client, can an employer discipline them again for the same offence, if a year later the same client later decides to terminate their business contract with the company citing the earlier offence as the reason?
Read MoreWhen is a dismissal within the range of reasonable responses?
When deciding whether a dismissal is within the range of reasonable responses, a pertinent question is whether an employment tribunal can consider matters which the employer did not take into account?
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