Weekly Issue 49

Transported to Europe

Bowden and others v Tuffnells Parcels Express Limited EAT 6/4/2000

BSE: Blame someone else for industrial disease

What happens where an employee suffers an occupational disease due to the negligent conduct of more than one employer?

Privacy and freedom of reporting

Restrictive reporting Orders (RROs) can be made by Employment Tribunals to prevent the identification of any person affected by or making allegations.

2 TUPE loops the loop

In the second of our two part feature on recent cases we examine the latest decisions on the crucial issue of whether there has been a transfer covered by the TUPE regulations.

A postcard from the EU

The Posting of Workers Directive 96/71/EC came into effect on 16 December 1999. Employers who post workers temporarily to work in other EU Member States must observe certain terms and conditions of employment.

If you don't ask you don't get

We reported recently the High Court's decision in University of Nottingham v Eyett which considered whether an employer or administrator was obliged to inform a pension scheme member of the rights which he or she might have under a pension scheme.