Despite the efforts of many employers over a long time to make it very clear that various performances schemes, and particularly those involving some element of discretion, do not form part of the terms and conditions of employment – it seems that the Employment Court had its own view. In 2016 and 2017, Metroglass invited […]
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Introduction This note has taken a few days to piece together. One of the catalysts was an article in Newsroom last week with the inflammatory headline ‘Covid-19 infected workers could sue bosses over poor health and safety’. Despite my distaste for the tabloid appeal of the headline, on closer inspection the article did highlight an
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For some weeks since the Court of Appeal decision came out at the beginning of September, I have been wondering if Birchfield tells us anything new about unfair prejudice claims by a minority shareholder. The reason for that hesitancy is that a glance at the background to the decision shows a difficult family squabble. Like
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At the end of last month a Labour MP announced that he had a Bill drawn from the ballot that has, as its aim, clarifying that a director can take actions which take into account wider matters other than the financial bottom-line. This, the explanatory note for the Bill says, accords with modern corporate governance