Welcome to the third edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative. In this edition we look at:

• Injunction granted to prevent 'fire and rehire'
• Whistleblower not entitled to retain confidential documents
• Extension of workers' rights in respect of refusal of paid annual leave
• Firing employees for bringing frivolous grievances
• Annual increases in compensation
• Menopause and the workplace
• New FCA webpage on the MIFIDPRU Remuneration Code and clarifications around the use of regulatory references

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High Court grants injunction to prevent fire and rehire

In USDAW and others v Tesco Stores Ltd, the High Court granted an injunction to prevent Tesco from firing and rehiring employees to remove a contractual entitlement to a specific element of their pay called Retained Pay. As reported in the previous issue of The Employment Edit, Acas recently issued guidance on the practice known as "fire and rehire" following adverse press and parliamentary comment during the Covid-19 pandemic.

During a reorganisation of its distribution network, Tesco offered employees Retained Pay as an incentive to stay in their jobs and relocate, rather than taking redundancy. Tesco gave assurances to the affected employees that this was a permanent benefit payable for as long as the employees remained in their roles. Some...

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