In December 2012, in the case Société Générale, London Branch v Geys, the Supreme Court concluded that, if an employer dismisses an employee with immediate effect in breach of the employment contract, the employee can choose whether to accept the breach as bringing the contract to an end. If the employee does not accept the breach, the contract will continue until the end of the contractual notice period.
The Court of Appeal has now confirmed […]
In this periodic round-up of complaints from pension scheme members to the Pensions Ombudsman, we look at:
A death benefits case where the Trustees failed to look into the personal circumstances of a deceased member properly
An overpayment case where the complainant changed his position as a result of the overpayment
A scheme administration case where various administrators “lost” a member’s record
Siegfried (PO-1427) – Death benefits
Summary: A deferred member of the Credit Industriel et Commercial Retirement Benefits […]
On November 4, 2014, Massachusetts voters passed a ballot measure to provide earned paid sick leave to employees. Effective July 1, 2015, employers with more than 10 employees will be required to allow all employees who work in Massachusetts to accrue and use up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per calendar year. Employers with 10 or fewer employees will be required to allow their employees to earn and use up […]