Employment Law Brief subject index 2006–Issue 797–819

A

Acas

Conciliation B811/3

Public inquiry B798/19

Age discrimination

Draft regulations B801/18

EC Directive

transposition period B803/7

Guidance notes B812/1

Job applications B813/19

New Regulations

DTI fact sheet B808/19

overview B805/9, 806/13

pensions provisions delayed B813/18

retirement dismissals B807/9

termination payments B807/9

transitional provisions B807/9

Older workers B801/18

Raising retirement age

impact on pensions B808/16

Redundancy payments B801/18

Survey B801/18, 803/18, 812/19, 814/19

TUC Report B812/19

Unison legal challenge B814/19

Annual Reports

Acas B811/17

Commission for Racial Equality B811/17

Disability Rights Commission B811/17

Equal Opportunities Commission B811/17

B

Bullying

High Court award B811/19

Psychiatric injury

employer’s liability B812/3

D

Disability discrimination

DDA Guidance B803/19

Direct discrimination

comparator B806/3

complaint upheld B809/19

Discrimination by association B808/18

Dismissal

reason related to disability B808/3

Less favourable treatment

justification B813/6, 813/9

Meaning of ‘disability’ B803/3

post-traumatic stress disorder B798/11, 800/5

Reasonable adjustments B800/7

duty to consult B811/7

employer’s guide B800/19

failure to make B819/10

sick-pay policy B813/6

Sickness

whether disability B810/9

‘Substantial adverse effect’

‘coping strategies’ B817/17

Discrimination

Unlawful discrimination

injury to feelings

Vento guidelines B808/10

E

Employment contracts

Bonus schemes

employer’s discretion B819/3

employer’s duty B819/12

Car-user allowance

withdrawal B819/14

Consultant

whether ‘worker’ B806/11

Employment status

shareholder director B818/7

Modern Apprenticeship B799/19

Non-dealing covenant

whether enforceable B813/10

Pregnant employee

suspension B798/3

Settlement sum

repayment clause B808/8

Staff handbooks

whether contractual terms B817/10

Whether ‘employee’ B802/5, 11

Employment tribunals

Annual Report B810/19

Bias B801/9, 810/12

Breach of contract claims

cap on damages B809/3

Jurisdiction

territorial scope B799/7, 815/7

Procedure

absolute privilege B815/11

costs B810/11

COT3 agreements B811/3

claim form

amendment of premature forms B816/10

omission B819/15

‘decision’

whether capable of review B804/11

evidence

admissibility of clandestine recordings B815/9

disclosure B815/9,10

filing response B812/17

merger of claims B809/3

‘no case to answer’ B813/9

notice of withdrawal B817/16

time limits B810/11

‘without prejudice’ rule B818/10

Striking out

claimant’s conduct B809/12

Equal pay

Bonus payments B804/6

Comparator

‘single source’ B797/9, 817/7

‘material factor’ defence B797/9

objective justification B804/3

Disparate impact

advantaged group B805/3

Indirect discrimination B801/19

Local government

compensation payments B803/18

Pension benefits

‘levelling down’ B812/7

Pension claims

time limits B802/9

Service-related pay

whether permitted B815/3

F

Flexible working

Homeworking

requests B803/12

rights and liabilities B804/12

Recent developments B801/13, 802/14

Survey B803/19

TUC report B802/18

Fixed-term contracts

Dismissal

effect of successful internal appeal B816/10

‘Objective reason’ B812/11

H

Harassment

Employer’s liability B810/5

I

Information and consultation

Disclosure requirements B801/10

Pre-existing agreement

multiple agreements B816/3

whether sufficiently detailed B799/5

J

Judicial review

Workplace ban on former employee B818/3

L

Labour law reform

Age Regulations

pensions provisions delayed B813/18

review sought B809/19

Apprentices

survey B802/19

Commission for Equality and Human Rights

Chair announced B813/18

CRE to join CEHR B818/19

Compensation Act 2006 B812/18

Compensation limits

annual uprating B797/19, 819/19

Data protection

new guidance B797/19

Disability Equality Duty B819/19

Dispute resolution

DTI consultation B806/19, 817/19

Department of Trade and Industry

new Secretary of State B805/19

employment strategy B803/19

Employment legislation

2006 timetable B798/19

Equality Act 2006 B800/19, 818/13

Equality bodies

use of powers B813/18

Equality report B802/19

Equal pay reviews

voluntary approach B798/19

Equal Treatment Directive

consolidation B811/18

Ethnic Minority Advisory Group B810/19

European Commission

Green Paper B819/19

European Directives

transposition into national law B812/11

Fair pay

diversity guide B800/19

Family-friendly working rights

draft legislation B799/18

Fire safety

new rules B809/18

Fixed-term Employees Regulations

permanent status B809/18, 811/19

Flexible working consultation B818/19

Forthcoming cases B797/14, 798/18, 802/19

Incapacity benefit B798/18

Judicial mediation pilot scheme B812/19

Maternity and Parental Leave etc Regulations

B809/18, 811/19

New legislation B802/18, 814/18

Paternity and adoption leave B801/13, 813/18

Pension age rules B818/19

Pension schemes

new regulations B797/19

Pensions Bill B817/19, 819/19

Picketing

Code of Practice B809/18

Public bodies

race duties B814/19

Queen’s speech B818/19

Redundancy law B802/18

Smoke-free Regulations B810/19, 811/18, 819/19

Sunday trading B799/18

Tribunal rules of procedure 2004

application and interpretation B798/13, 798/10

TUPE Regulations 2006 B799/18, 805/19

Women and Work Commission

pay equality plan B814/19

report B800/19

Work and Families Act 2006 B816/2, 12

M

Maternity rights

DTI Guidance B817/19

European Survey B805/1

Suspension B798/3

N

National minimum wage

Deductions by employer B816/6

EEF evidence to Low Pay Commission B814/19

increase B802/18, 813/19

New rates B808/19

Negligence

Employee’s suicide

employer’s liability B810/7

Psychiatric injury

foreseeability B805/7

Reference

breach of duty of care B800/7

P

Part-time workers

Less favourable treatment

comparator B800/8

Public holidays B806/9

‘Same type of contract’

comparison B801/3

Pensions

Death benefits

lump sum B809/19

Pregnancy

Rights during pregnancy B809/14

R

Race discrimination

Barton guidelines B814/9

Direct discrimination

membership of political party B800/17

‘On racial grounds’

meaning B807/5

Redundancy

Collective redundancy

employers’ obligations B799/16, 816/9

Duty to consult B804/8, 9

Payment

‘ready reckoner’ B813/18

Religious discrimination

Barton guidelines B814/7

Uniform policy

BA B817/3, 819/19

S

Sex discrimination

Burden of proof B801/19

Compensation B811/5

Direct discrimination

bonus B803/18

Discriminatory policy B819/17

Harassment B805/19

armed forces B806/19

Indirect discrimination

length-of-service criterion B806/19

Member of clergy

tribunal’s jurisdiction B798/9

Pregnant employee

injury to feelings B798/9, 806/7

risk assessment B809/11

suspension B798/3

Transsexuals B797/19, 804/19, 812/14

Sexual orientation discrimination

Compensation claim B805/19

Gay and lesbian solicitors

Law Society report B813/19

Harassment B801/11

‘On the ground of’ B809/11

Statutory dismissal and disciplinary procedures

Employer’s breach B819/16

‘Old’ fairness procedure B818/11

Round-up B814/11

Solicitor’s letters B798/7

Time limit

extension B803/11

Statutory grievance procedures

Equal pay questionnaire B797/13

Failure to follow

uplift of award B801/11

Flexible working application B797/12

Resignation letter B797/3

Round-up B815/13

Time limits B802/8

claims against co-workers B814/5

start date B819/5

Stress at work

Employer’s liability

negligence B809/5, 812/5, 813/3

Surveys

Absence management B812/18

Age discrimination B812/19

Employment relations B809/19

Fair treatment at work B812/19

IDS Brief subscriber survey B816/19

Retirement B804/19

Workplace absence B806/19

T

Tax

Back-tax

employer’s liability B815/5

Self-employed worker

tax status B813/19

Trade unions

Collective bargaining

right to refuse individualized contract B801/19

Sex discrimination claim

inadequate representation B808/19

Transfer of undertakings

Collective agreements

whether binding B803/5

‘Date of transfer’

meaning B809/7

Dismissed employees

reinstated on appeal

whether transferred B806/5

ETO reasons

harmonisation B817/15

Failure to consult

compensation B800/9

Redundancy and insolvency payments B811/18

‘Relevant transfer’

service provision changes B811/10

standard business transfers B810/14

Retirement age

normal retiring age B807/3

Transfer-related dismissals B813/12

Variation of contract B813/12

U

Unfair dismissal

Compensation

loss of pension rights B813/5

pension payments B806/9

Disciplinary hearing

reasonable adjustment B808/3

Effective date of termination

effect of successful internal appeal B816/10

Fair procedure

reasonableness test B817/5

Notice period

compensation B812/9

Potentially fair reason B812/15

Procedural fairness B807/17

‘Some other substantial reason’ B798/10

restraint clause B808/6

Reason for dismissal

statutory ban B819/13

statutory reason B818/12

Re-engagement

whether practicable B817/13

Right to claim

clergy B818/5

new TUPE Regulations B799/18, 800/11

Written warning

expiry B800/3

V

Vicarious liability

‘Temporary deemed employer’ B799/3

W

Wages

Unlawful deduction

time limit for claim B812/14

Whistleblowing

‘Bad faith’

burden of proof B801/9

Compensation B797/7

Procedure

no case to answer B813/9

Protected disclosure

post-employment detriment B810/3

Public Concern at Work

compensation awarded B810/19

Public interest claims B803/10

Series of acts

relevant connection B819/8

Whether protected disclosure B807/7

Working time

Annual leave

carrying over B804/10

payment in lieu B803/19

Bank holidays

public consultation B808/18

Breach of statutory duty claim B813/3

Holiday pay B819/19

‘rolled-up’ holiday pay B802/3

whether ‘worker’ B802/13

On-call time B798/5, 815/12

whether rest period B801/6

Opt-out B808/18, 817/19

‘Partly unmeasured working time’

exemption B814/3

removal of exemption B799/19

Regulations

new guidance B804/19, 814/3

Rest breaks B801/19, 814/3

World Cup

Managing employees B805/15

Cases reported in IDS Brief in 2006

A

ASLEF v Brady B812/15
Adeneler and ors v Ellinikos Organismos Galaktos

B812/11

Alexander and anor v Bridgen Enterprises Ltd B807/18

Allan and ors v GMB B808/19
Allan Janes LLP v Johal B813/10
Amicus v Macmillan Publishers B801/10
Anderson v Jarvis Hotels plc B815/12
Anderson v Stena Drilling PTE Ltd B815/7
Armstrong and ors v Newcastle upon Tyne

NHS Hospital Trust B797/9

Arora v Rockwell Automation Ltd B812/14
Arthur v London Eastern Railway Ltd t/a One

Stansted Express B819/8
Azmi v Kirklees Metropolitan Council B817/3

B

BUPA Care Homes (BNH) Ltd v Cann; Spillett v

Tesco Stores Ltd B802/8
Babula v Waltham Forest College B807/2
Bachnak v Emerging Markets Partnership (Europe)

Ltd B801/9

Bacica v Muir B802/12
Barracks and Coles v anor B815/10
Birch v Leeds Metropolitan University B800/8
Bisset v Martins and anor B814/5
Blockbuster Entertainment Ltd v James B809/12
Bolton School v Evans B807/7
Boulding v Land Securities Trillium (Media Services)

Ltd B813/9
Brash-Hall v Getty Images Ltd B811/5
British School of Motoring v Fowler B812/15
Brocklebank v Silveira B809/11
Brunel University and anor v Vaseghi and anor B818/10
Butlins Skyline Ltd and anor v Beynon B804/11

C

CMC Group plc and ors v Zhang B808/8
Cable and Wireless plc v Muscat B802/5
Cadman v Health and Safety Executive B815/3
Chacón Navas v Eurest Colectividades SA B810/9
Chairman and Governors of Amwell View School

v Dogherty B815/9
Chris Project v Hutt B810/12
Clarke and ors v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council; Wilson and ors v Stockton-on-Tees Borough

Council B811/3

Coleman v Attridge Law and anor B808/18
Collins v The National Trust B803/10
Commerzbank AG v Keen B819/3
Commission of the European Communities v United  

Kingdom B814/3

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Virdi

B817/17
Commotion Ltd v Rutty B797/12
Cornwall County Council v Prater B802/11

Corr (Administratrix of the Estate of T. Corr, deceased)

v IBC Vehicles B810/7

Cotswold Developments Construction Ltd v Williams

B806/12
Cross and anor v British Airways plc B807/3

D

Davies and ors v Asda Stores Ltd B801/19

Daw v Intel Corporation Ltd B809/5
Dellas and ors v Prime Minister and anor B798/5
Demibourne Ltd v Her Majesty’s Revenue and

Customs B815/5
Diem v Crystal Services plc B801/9
Dike v Rickman and anor B800/7
Diosynth Ltd v Thomson B800/3
Dolphin and ors v Hartlepool Borough Council and

ors; South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

v Middleton and ors B817/7

E

EB v BA B801/19

East Lancashire Coachbuilders v Hilton B818/12

F

Federatie Nederslande Vakbeweging v Staat

der Nederlanden B804/10
Flett v Matheson B800/5
Fraser v HLMAD Ltd B809/3
Freer v Glover and anor B815/11

G

G4S Justice Services (UK) Ltd v Anstey and anor B806/5

Galaxy Showers Ltd v Wilson B797/5
Garrod v North Devon NHS Primary Care Trust B812/5
Gladwell v Secretary of State for Trade and

Industry B818/7
Grant v United Kingdom B812/14
Green v DB Group Services (UK) Ltd B812/3
Greenhoff v Barnsley Metropolitan Borough

Council B813/5

H

HM Prison Service v Barua B819/5

HM Revenue and Customs v Stringer B817/19
Hachette Filipacchi UK Ltd v Johnson B804/9
Hamling v Coxlease School Ltd B819/15
Harland and Wolff Pension Trustees Ltd v

Aon Consulting Financial Services Ltd B812/7
Hawley v Luminar Leisure plc and ors B799/3
High Quality Lifestyles Ltd v Watts B806/3
Hill v Clacton Family Trust Ltd B798/11
Holc-Gale v Makers UK Ltd B797/13
Hoyland v Asda Stores Ltd B804/6
Humphries v Chevler Packaging Ltd B819/10

J

Johnson Matthey plc v Watters B817/13

K

Keeley v Fosroc International Ltd B817/10
Kelly-Madden v Manor Surgery B817/5
Khan v Heywood and Middleton Primary Care

Trust B817/16
Knapton and ors v ECC Card Clothing Ltd B806/9

L

Laing v Manchester City Council B814/9
Langley and anor v Burlo B812/9
Leicestershire County Council v Unison B816/9

London Borough of Lewisham v Colbourne B819/5
London Metropolitan University v Sackur and ors

B817/15

M

MacCartney v Oversley House Management B801/6
McMenemy v Capita Business Services Ltd B806/9
Majrowski v Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust B810/5
Mangold v Helm B803/7

Manning v HM Revenue and Customs B813/19

Mark Warner Ltd v Aspland B797/6

Mason v Governing Body of Ward End Primary School

B807/19
Masterfoods (a division of Mars UK Ltd) v Wilson

B819/16
Matthews and ors v Kent and Medway Towns Fire

Authority and ors B801/3
Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of

Hounslow v Klusova B819/13
Melia v Magna Kansei Ltd B797/7
Miles v Gilbank B798/9, 806/7
Millar v Inland Revenue Commissioners B803/3
Mohmed v West Coast Trains Ltd B814/7
Moray Council v Stewart B816/3
Moyhing v Barts and London NHS Trust B819/17

N

New Southern Railway Ltd v Quinn B798/3
Norris and Robertson v Lambert and anor t/a The Black

Bull Inn B801/11
North Wales Training and Enterprise Council Ltd

(t/a Celtec) v Astley and ors B809/7

O

OCS Group Ltd v Taylor B808/3
O’Hanlon v Commissioners for HM Revenue and

Customs B813/6

P

Pakenham-Walsh v Connell Residential

(Private Unlimited Company) and anor B805/7
Patel v Clemence Hoar Cummings B818/11
Percy v Church of Scotland Board of National Mission

B798/9
Piscitelli v Zilli Fish Ltd B798/7
Prakash v Wolverhampton City Council B816/10
Preston and ors v Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS

 Trust and ors (No.3) B802/9

Pudney v Network Rail B807/18

R

R (on the application of Montgomery) v Hertfordshire

County Council B818/3
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Leisure

Employment Services Ltd B816/6

Richards v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

B804/19
Robinson-Steele v RD Retail Services Ltd; Clarke v Frank

Staddon Ltd; Caulfield and ors v Hanson Clay

Products Ltd B802/3
Royal Liverpool Children’s NHS Trust v Dunsby B813/9

S

Sayers v Cambridgeshire County Council B813/3

Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund

B817/19
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Rutherford

and anor B805/3
Serco Ltd v Lawson; Botham v Ministry of Defence;

Croft and ors v Veta Ltd and ors B799/7
Serco Ltd v Redfearn B807/5
Shergold v Fieldway Medical Centre B797/3
Singh t/a Rainbow International v Taylor B810/11
Southampton City College v Randall B800/7
Stewart v Moray Council B799/5
Sutton v The Ranch Ltd B810/11
Sweetin v Coral Racing B800/9

T

Takacs v Barclays Services Jersey Ltd B819/12
Tarbuck v Sainsbury Supermarkets Ltd B811/7
Tenby v Smee’s Advertising Ltd B803/11
The New Testament Church of God v Stewart B818/5

Thorpe and anor v Poat and anor B707/5

Tudor v Spen Corner Veterinary Centre Ltd and anor

B809/19

V

Vauxhall Motors Ltd v TGWU B804/8
Villalba v Merrill Lynch and Co Inc and ors B804/3

W

Werhof v Freeway Traffic Systems GmbH and Co KG

B803/5
Wetherill and ors v Birmingham City Council B819/14
Willow Oak Developments Ltd t/a Windsor Recruitment

v Silverwood and ors B798/10, 808/6
Wilson v Circular Distributors Ltd B802/11
Woodward v Abbey National plc B810/3

X

XY v AB Bank B809/11

Y

Younis v Trans Global Projects Ltd and anor B806/11