- Podcast Location:
- Download it here [file size: 25.6 MB]
- Categories:
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Employment Law
- CPD Points:
- Up to one point - details »
Due to the difference in guidelines between the SRA and the Bar Standards Board, CPD points are awarded differently for Solicitors, Barristers and Legal Executives:
Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority / ILEX:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain 1 CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
Regulated by the Bar Standards Board:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain ½ an accredited CPD point (30 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
- Cost:
- Standard rate: £45+VAT - Corporate users will pay less.
- Length:
- 30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz) - Plays on Computer:
- Yes Downloadable as MP3: Yes
- Contributor(s):
- Course Aims:
This podcast is suitable for practitioners of all levels and will provide an update on recent developments in the employment law field. Listeners will get a clear understanding of a number of recent cases and their impact.
- Outcomes:
- After completing the course you will:
- After listening to this podcast, you will understand (i) the significance and limitations of the decision in Stringer v HMRC, (ii) the use of length of service as a criterion for redundancy decision following the case of Rolls Royce v Unite the Union (iii) the developments in the right to legal representation at disciplinary hearings.
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Classification:
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Case Update
Legislative Updates
Panel Discussion
- Sources and References:
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- Stringer v HMRC, ECJ case C-350/06;
- Stringer v HMRC [2009] UKHL 31;
- Employment Rights Act 1996;
- Working Time Regulations 1998;
- McCulloch v ICI (2008) ICR 1334;
- Rolls Royce Plc v Unite the Union (2009) EWCA Civ 387;
- R (on the application of ""G"") v The Governors of ""X"" School and ""Y"" City Council (Interested Party) [2009] EWHC 504 (Admin);
- Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 1861 (QB).
This CPD podcast provides an overview of some of the current issues in Employment Law, including a review of the effect of the Stringer v HMRC decision, a consideration of the recent case law on right to legal representation in disciplinary hearings. It also analyses the important age discrimination case, Rolls Royce v Unite the Union and the future of 'length of service' criterion when making redundancy decisions.