Friday 12 August

Collas Crill recently acted for the NSPCC in defending claims for unfair dismissal brought by four of its former employees. All four were made redundant when the charity closed its operations in Guernsey in 2010.

The NSPCC followed what it felt to be a fair and thorough procedure in winding down the operations and handling the redundancies of the Guernsey based staff and, on the whole, the Tribunal agreed.

As Emma Parr explains in this article, the lesson is one that has been repeated so many times: when it comes to redundancy, despite a plainly genuine redundancy scenario and a prima facie fair process, employers can still be liable for significant awards if their audit trail does not show the right boxes being ticked.

Friday 12 August

The Jersey Employment Tribunal considered that in the circumstances of a recent case it would be 'just and equitable' to reduce the applicant's compensation for unfair dismissal by 65%. Simon Hurry, who acted for the respondent, explains the decision.

Friday 12 August

Over recent years the default retirement age has been a hotly debated topic both in Guernsey and Jersey. The Default Retirement Age (DRA) in both islands, for those wanting to retire, is currently 65 (as defined in the Social Insurances (Guernsey) Law, 1978 and the Social Security (Jersey) Law, 1974) irrespective of circumstances.

However, with people living longer healthier lives, the islands could see the end of the line for the DRA, says Emma Parr in this article.