Employment contracts and timing of notice periods
Following The Supreme Court's ruling in Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust v
Haywood that the claimant's notice period started on the
day she read the letter of redundancy, not from the date when it
was actually delivered, employers should review their employment
contracts and amend them accordingly if the timing of an
employee's notice period is relevant. In this case, the
employee was entitled to a higher pension because her notice period
expired on the date of her 50th birthday, rather than
beforehand, as intended. Please contact a member of the employment
team for advice.
Employment contracts – and GDPR
Most of you will have updated your contracts and staff handbooks
to reflect the new data protection legislation (GDPR and the Data
Protection Act 2018) which came into force on 25 May. If you have
not yet managed to complete your updates, your key focus should be
on updating your privacy policy so that
