The PTAB explained its rationale for denying petitions
based on redundancy in an early CBM decision, Liberty Mutual Ins.
Redundancy situations are extremely difficult for both employer and employee, involving considerations of fairness, procedure, notice, redundancy law, and sometimes tax
on redundancy payments.
I've also spoken with the RSC and they can send you a tailored career management pack including
advice on redundancy (assuming you are a member).
Recent work includes advising Doosan
on the redundancy of several senior managers, and assisting Panalpina with a services agreement for staffing services.
When the agency agreed with Circuit Judge Kimberly A. Moore's understanding that a denial of institution
on redundancy grounds was not a «substantive» determination, but rather meant that the issues not instituted were «redundant in terms of too many different grounds of rejection,» she criticized the practice as resembling «Putting a blindfold on and throwing darts at a wall and deciding which grounds to go forward with.
Unite, which represents about 1,800 engineers and cabin crew who worked for Monarch, announced it will begin employment tribunal proceedings over an alleged failure by the company to
consult on redundancies.
In a statement, Activision declined to put a
figure on the redundancies, but did say it was working with those affected to help find work elsewhere within the company.
An employing authority in the Local Government Pension Scheme was held to have no duty to advise a member of the option of applying for an enhanced ill - health early retirement pension from active
status on his redundancy, despite the fact that the LGPS had known that the member had taken sick leave in 2010 for a brain tumour.
Counselling American multinational financial institution,
on redundancy issues in China, and coordinating defence proceedings and successful settlement of labour actions brought in Shanghai labour tribunal by ex-employees.
The USPTO admitted that petitions are denied, in part, based
on redundancy as an administrative measure to allow the PTAB to manage its volume of AIA trial proceedings.
The lawyers in our employment law team regularly advise
employers on redundancies and we have advised on a diverse range of scenarios over the years.
The USPTO contended that a decision to deny
review on redundancy was not a substantive agency decision, and was based on practical considerations relating to the board's ability to complete review within the prescribed one - year time limit.
Wandsworth London Borough Council v Vining [2017] EWCA Civ 1092, CA, July 28 2017, Times, September 26 2017 The leading case on the employment status of parks police, in which the Court of Appeal held that they have a right to
consultation on redundancies.
Most employers are familiar with the
law on redundancy and support their employees through this difficult time.
This is the time when you can squeeze extra benefits, shorter performance review times, longer or larger
benefits on redundancies, car / telephone / health plans and so much more.
The Daily Telegraph follows up this morning - on an Evening Standard report yesterday - with the story that London councils have spent # 200 million
on redundancy payments over the last two years.
The PTAB instituted review on two grounds, and declined to institute review on two grounds
based on redundancy.
A PTAB decision to institute review of a claim based on some, but not all, alternative grounds for invalidity based
on redundancy may preclude a subsequent challenge on the non-instituted grounds due to estoppel and other restrictions placed on AIA petitions.
Planning and assisting client (with 8,800 employees) with a large scale change project including upskilling managers, HR and TU reps, advising
on redundancy and changing terms and conditions.