Happy to! Nice to see that my reference wasn’t that obscure!
Unsolicited comparative comment. The "financial difficulties" test that an employer would have to meet to make a fire-and-rehire dismissal lawful looks very much like the "company needs" cause for dismissal in Chile (at least in how the courts have interpreted it).
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There is a lot to say about the Employment Rights Bill which was introduced in Parliament earlier today. In many ways it really is transformative – its also long and detailed. My plan is not…
New nerd level unlocked: using Tolkien characters' names for assessment questions.
Every year I make the same Lord of the Rings reference when I mention Underhill LJ to my Employment Law students. And every year I get the same silence and “what a geek” vibes back.
@jtauber.com didn’t you find odd that the orcs used the word “trebuchet” in Episode 7?
Oh, and do you have the name of the documentary you mentioned? The one with Christopher Tolkien.
🧵Tesco v USDAW: Supreme Court unanimously allows appeal and restores injunction preventing Tesco from fire and rehire as a mechanism to remove a retained pay term given as a "permanent" benefit. Judgment is here: www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/u...
Yeah, I forgot about that! Btw, do you think that Bombadil calling the Dark Wizard an Istar kills Sarah’s theory that he might be a mortal and future wraith? Or maybe they are just using Istar in its plain meaning… sorry, I have so much ideas and questions after the last episode!