Company News

• Collective Redundancies

  • PostedSeptember 8, 2020
  

  In our series on redundancy, we’ve looked at the redundancy process and settlement agreements. Because of the economic impact of Covid-19, we are, unfortunately, seeing more and more employers implement...

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• The Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020

  • PostedSeptember 4, 2020
  

  The Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 (the Act) was signed into law on the 1st August 2020 and is due to be in place until the 31 December 2020...

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• Sectoral Employment Orders – an update on the judgement

  • PostedAugust 26, 2020
  

  In early July we posted a piece on the recent High Court decision on Sectoral Employment Orders. At the time we predicted that the Government could appeal the decision. You...

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• The redundancy process and the steps an employer must follow

  • PostedAugust 17, 2020
  

  An employer is entitled to dismiss an employee where that employee’s role is no longer needed i.e. redundant. A genuine redundancy is a defence to a claim for unfair dismissal,...

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• Mordel v Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and it’s implications for “informed consent” in healthcare

  • PostedAugust 6, 2020
  

  Mordel v Royal Berkshire NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 2591 (QB) is a decision of the English High Court which gives guidance on the question of what constitutes “informed consent” in...

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• Redundancy: What you need to know about settlement agreements.

  • PostedAugust 5, 2020
  

  On August 5th, Bank of Ireland became the latest organisation to announce redundancies due to the economic impact of Covid-19. The bank posted a €669 million loss for the first...

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