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NLJ this week: Fire & rehire, the Tesco case & potential overhaul under Labour

07 June 2024
Issue: 8074 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Employment , Tribunals
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What are the potential implications of the Tesco ‘retained pay’ case, and, post-election, how might a potential Labour government overhaul the law surrounding fire and rehire?

In this week’s NLJ, Clare Fletcher, PSL counsel at Slaughter and May, looks in detail at the case, USDAW v Tesco, concerning an incentive Tesco offered to employees in 2007 and tried to remove in 2021. Tesco offered a compensatory payment to those employees who agreed and warned those who refused that they would be fired and rehired.

Fletcher, a member of the Employment Lawyers Association Legislative and Policy Committee, looks at the potential ramifications of the case, as well as a new code of practice on fire and rehire. Finally, Fletcher looks into the possible scenario of a Labour government overhauling the law.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Brian Hession

mfg Solicitors—Brian Hession

Birmingham commercial property team bolstered by partner hire

STEP—Sara Morgan

STEP—Sara Morgan

Fieldfisher director re-elected as deputy chair of England Wales committee

Osborne Clarke—Andrew Eaton

Osborne Clarke—Andrew Eaton

Restructuring and insolvency expert joins as partner

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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