By Philip - Friday, February 9th, 2007
This may sound obvious, but 12 weeks is not the same as 3 months. 3 months is actually 13 weeks. Who cares? It is common for contracts to give an entitlement to “3 months’ notice”. This means that employees are entitled to 13 weeks’ notice or 13 weeks’ PILON - not 12 weeks’. This can make a significant difference to redundancy costs for high earners - for an employee on £52k p.a. the difference is an extra £1000.00. An easy mistake to make, but a costly one for employers, especially in collective redundancy cases!
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By Philip - Thursday, January 25th, 2007
The Court of Appeal has held that employees can not claim breach of contract in the Employment Tribunals unless their employment has terminated. They can however bring an unauthorised deductions from wages claim in the Employment Tribunals as long as the claim is for a known amount. This means that in cases where employers operate a bonus scheme where the amount of the bonus is discretionary and varies from time to time, Tribunals do not have jurisdiction to hear a complaint about non payment unless the employee has left employment. A claim while the employee is still employed would have to be brought in the more costly and procedurally complex County Court. Read all about it here.
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