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Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025 – Slides

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̶̶̶Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025Redundancy – suitable alternative vacanciesCarnival Plc (t/a Carnival UK) v Hunter [2024] EAT 167• R proposed to reduce team leader (TL) posts from 21 to 16• C, on maternity leave, one of five selected for redundancy• ETdismissal unfair as R failed to offer C one of the TL roles• EATremaining TL roles were not suitable alternative vacancieswhere no new roles created and proposal is a simplereduction in number, special protection does not overridevalid selection process• April 2024 - special protection extended to pregnant employeesand those who have recently returned from maternity, adoptionor 6+ weeks of shared parental leave

̶̶̶Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025Third party benefitsAdekoya v Heathrow Express Operating Co Ltd [2024] EAT 72• Cs argued that R’s failure to provide life-long travel discounts(operated by a third-party association, T) was a breach of theircontracts• R said benefits had been withdrawn• R relied on right of withdrawal in the agreement between R and T,and T’s notification withdrawing post-redundancy benefits from thoseemployed after a set date• ETright of withdrawal had been incorporated into Cs contract so theyhad been varied• EATright of withdrawal had not been incorporatedawareness that T provided the discounts was insufficient