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Dear Colleague,

Welcome to the autumn edition of the MILS employment law email bulletin.

Once the business of selling new cars dies down as the autumn progresses, this is often a time of year when businesses review and plan for the New Year. The increasing burdens and costs of compliance with employment law is certainly one factor to be accounted for, as plans are made for 2010.

This season, those amongst you with an eye on the news, will have noticed some important further changes to employment law from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and from the Government.

We consider in this edition the announcement of the ECJ in relation to sickness on holiday, the Government’s proposal to transfer six months of maternity leave to fathers, a case further restricting businesses buying other businesses under TUPE, a further Employment Appeal Tribunal case on age discrimination and a case on costs against lying litigants.

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 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

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Summary of Key Developments

Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA

An ECJ decision looking at the Working Time Directive.
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Government Proposals for transferrable maternity leave

The Government has announced a consultation on allowing mothers to transfer some of their maternity leave entitlement to the father.
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Tapere v South London & Maudsley NHS Trust

In this case the transferor (the seller) had mobility clauses in the contracts of the employees who transferred to the transferee (the buyer).
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Tower Hamlets v Wooster

This case should serve as a warning to employers of the risk of dismissing an employee to prevent entitlement to an age related benefit.
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Dunedin Canmore Housing Association v Donaldson

The Claimant brought proceedings for breach of a Compromise Agreement as (she said) she had not been in breach of a confidentiality clause.
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