A programme produced by Pinsent Masons’ Employment Team providing guidance on appearing as a witness at an employment tribunal. The programme includes commentary from Jon Coley, Jon Fisher and Helen Corden and includes footage of a tribunal hearing.
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The High Court of Australia has reinstated a AUS$1.4 million (US$900,000) award of damages to an employee who was summarily dismissed in breach of the employer’s binding grievance procedures. In doing so, the court reversed the well-understood 115-year-old position that damages for psychiatric injury are not recoverable by an employee for an employer’s breach of the employment contract.
As the UK moves to limit the use of ‘restrictive covenants’ such as non-compete and non-solicitation clauses in employment agreements, and the US’ Federal Trade Commission ban on such clauses faces mixed judicial opinion, jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific region could soon adopt similar restrictions.
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