Tesco loses big HR legal case in the Supreme Court
Tesco loses big HR legal case in the Supreme Court, its ‘hire and fire’ appeal after the Supreme Court ruled it cannot terminate its employees’ contracts for the purpose of depriving them of retained payment.
The judge said that employees contracts contained a clause barring the supermarket giant from removing their right to retained pay.
This provides a precedent for that other companies who have been using new contracts to get out of previous liability.
The most important takeaway for employment professionals and HR teams for this case is that communications between unions, employers and employees issued during consultation were held to be relevant to the interpretation of what particular contractual terms actually meant.
