Motor Industry Legal Services

Dear Colleague,

Welcome to the MILS Employment Law Email Bulletin.

It is summer and, as any Sales Executive examining his or her annual commission payments will realise, the motor industry is somewhat seasonal by nature.

On the MILS legal helpline we have found that queries relating to redundancy and restructuring have, of late, slightly eased, but that we have remained as busy as ever during the summer with the usual employment law queries. We also encounter seasonal employment issues such as annual leave, appropriate employee appearance in the hot weather and (not to mention) bouts of mysterious employee sickness coinciding with major sporting events.

As regular readers of this bulletin will realise, employment law rarely stands still and this summer has again seen some interesting developments. In this update we look at how the Employment Appeal Tribunal has clarified the legal tests for reinstatement of an employee in an unfair dismissal claim: the law of victimisation in discrimination claims: a further (and largely unhelpful) decision from the House of Lords on the issues relating to long term sick leave: Government consultation on (a) tips to make up the national minimum wage and (b) “fit notes” instead of sick notes: national minimum wage rates for the autumn: and swine flu. More details can be found on the MILS website, for those of you interested in developments.

Please Note: In this bulletin we aim to keep you up-to-date on some of the latest developments in employment law and although the bulletin is not intended to provide a comprehensive summary of all the changes to the law, we hope to highlight some of the key areas of change for motor industry employers.

Employment Team

	Head of Legal Department and Commercial Barristers Team Christopher Baylis - Barrister BA (Hons) LLM, MTH MPhil MBA (Trinity Hall) Cambridge University
	Head of Employment Henry Knill - Solicitor MA (Robinson College) Cambridge University