Employment Law Newsletter - Perchstone and Graeys

Employment Law Newsletter

AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING IN EMPLOYMENTRELATIONS

June, 2025

SERVICE CONTRACTS AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AS WORKERS: DETERMINATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK

“NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE JOB”

July, 2018

INTERNAL DISCIPLINE AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: VARIABLES TO CONSIDER IN HANDLING EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT

September, 2024

UNILATERAL VARIATION OF CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH “IMMEDIATE EFFECT”; IMPLICATIONS

October, 2021

TRAINING BONDS: PROTECTING EMPLOYERS INVESTMENT

November, 2024

UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE (1): WITHHOLDING AN EMPLOYEE’S CREDENTIALS OR CERTIFICATES

November, 2023

DON’T TOUCH MY MONEY! -‘CAN AN EMPLOYER SURCHARGE AN EMPLOYEE FOR A LOSS, OR ON THE BACK OF A NEGLIGENT ACT LEADING TO A LOSS?

June, 2018

DEFAMATION CLAIMS IN TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT: A BALANCING ACT

May, 2024

RESIGNATION WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT – DOES THE EMPLOYER HAVE A REMEDY IN LAW?

May, 2023

ENFORCING TRAINING BONDS: WHAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD KNOW

May, 2021

LATITUDE TO REJECT A TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT?

May, 2019

THE LIMITS OF UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE CLAIMS IN NIGERIAN LABOUR COURTS

March, 2024

WHY EMPLOYERS MUST ENSURE TERMINATION LETTERS ARE SERVED PERSONALLY ON EMPLOYEES

March, 2023

‘Where does the disciplinary procedure end?’ -STATUS OF AN EMPLOYEE UNDER INDEFINITE SUSPENSION

March, 2018

SUSPENSION OF EMPLOYEES WITHOUT PAY: A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD?

March, 2025

SOBRIQUETS, WORKPLACE HARASSMENT, VICTIMIZATION,RETALIATION, UNFAIR TREATMENT, WRONGFUL TERMINATION, AND CO-EMPLOYER LIABILITY

April, 2022

MY LOSS, YOUR LOSS. THE EMPLOYER’S RIGHT OF SET-OFF AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE

June, 2019

DO EMPLOYEES HAVE A STRICT OBLIGATION TO OBEY THEIR EMPLOYERS? WHAT ARE THEIR RIGHTS TO DATA PRIVACY?

July, 2024

DISMISSAL OF AN EMPLOYEE ON GROUNDS OF MISCONDUCT FOR WHICH A SENTENCE HAS BEEN IMPOSED AND SERVED: DOUBLE JEOPARDY?

July, 2021

CAN I TERMINATE FOR A TATTOO?

July, 2017

THE DUTY OF MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN EMPLOYMENT

January, 2025

AN EMPLOYEE’S ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO RESIGN

January, 2022

Employee Compensation: Obligations of Employers and Employees

February, 2024

EMPLOYERS OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ACCURATE CREDIT REPORT: A LIMITLESS OBLIGATION?

February, 2025

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF NON-ISSUANCE OF CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT

December, 2024

EMPLOYEES’ ABSCONDMENT FROM WORK: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

September, 2021

IS AN EMPLOYER BOUND TO STRICTLY ADHERE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF AN INVESTIGATIVE PANEL AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE?

August, 2021

YOUR MONEY OR YOUR BENEFITS

August, 2019

WRONGFUL TERMINATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISKS

April, 2022

THE RIGHT TO RESIGN FROM MILITARY SERVICE: ABSOLUTE OR NOT?

April, 2024

‘Arbitration Clauses in Contracts of Employment?’- A NECESSITY OR SUPERFLUITY

April, 2018

DISMISSAL – MISS ROSEMARY MOKOGWU V. EXCEL CONTRACTS NIGERIA LIMITED (DHL EXEL CONTRACT LOGISTICS)

April, 2017

THE DILEMMA OF THE UBER DRIVER (PART II) -INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR VS. EMPLOYEE?

November, 2019

‘Can an employer fire an employee over a case in court?’ -WORKPLACE CRIMINALITY

March, 2018

PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES IN RETRENCHMENT EXERCISES

July, 2024

“YOU ARE HEREBY RESTRAINED FROM ENGAGING INSAME/SIMILAR VOCATION AS OURS” – A CASE ANALYSIS OF THE NON-COMPETE CLAUSE IN A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT.

August, 2018

OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIPS – WHO IS MY TRUE EMPLOYER?

April, 2019

PRIVACY, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WORKPLACE.

December, 2017

THE STATUS OF THE MODERN WORKER -WHO IS MY EMPLOYER?

February, 2019

“I WASN’T PROMOTED. I QUIT. NO, I WAS CONSTRUCTIVELY DISMISSED.”

June, 2018

NAVIGATING PENSION COMPLIANCE: EMPLOYER’S OBLIGATIONS AND THE REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF THE NATIONAL PENSION COMMISSION

September, 2023

FROM FRYING PAN TO FIRE -DISMISSAL IN RETROSPECT

October, 2018

PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS – IS IT FOR EVERYONE?

March, 2019

THE RISKS OF INDEFINITE SUSPENSION OF EMPLOYEES

February, 2023

REDUNDANCY IN THE CONTEXT OF FIXED TERM EMPLOYMENTS

December, 2020

“PUNISH ME ONCE, MY FAULT…PUNISH ME TWICE, YOUR FAULT”

August, 2018

“IS A TERMINATED/DISMISSED WORKER OBLIGED TO REPAY STAFF LOANS?”

August, 2018

DO EMPLOYEE REFERENCE FORMS AMOUNT TO GUARANTIES AND INDEMNITIES?

May, 2022

VALUE FOR THE LOSS OF USE OF A FINGER = NGN500,000 ?

May, 2017

EMPLOYEE MEDICAL FITNESS TEST: AN INFRACTION OF EMPLOYEES’ FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT?

May, 2017

RESIGNATION WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS

March, 2022

THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF DOCUMENTATION IN NAVIGATING COMPLEX TRIANGULAR EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND MITIGATING EMPLOYER LIABILITY

October, 2023

IS AN EMPLOYEE ENTITLED TO PENSION CONTRIBUTION AS TERMINAL BENEFITS WHERE THERE WAS NON-REMITTANCE OF SAME DURING THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT?

February, 2021

THE DILEMMA OF THE UBER DRIVER -EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR?

December, 2018

EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION CHECKLIST FOR EMPLOYERS AND HR PRACTITIONERS

April, 2023

SERVICE CONTRACTS AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AS WORKERS: DETERMINATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK

August, 2023

RECOVERING OVER PAYMENTS FROM EMPLOYEES

August, 2022

THE BATON OF COMPENSATION – MY INJURY, WHOSE PAIN?

December, 2017

THE DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS; ARE THERE ANY LIMITS?

June, 2017

THE EFFICACY OF CHINESE WALLS

June, 2017

CAN AN EMPLOYER ARBITRARILY REFUSE TO PAY A SEVERANCE PACKAGE TO AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE UPON TERMINATION OF HIS EMPLOYMENT?

June, 2023

CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL AND THE RIGHT TO TRANSFER/REDEPLOY EMPLOYEES WITHIN A COMPANY

July, 2023

CONSEQUENCES OF BREACHING THE LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION OF POACHED EMPLOYEES TO JOB SECURITY

July, 2022

WHY EMPLOYERS SHOULD NOT CONDONE UNLAWFUL ACTS PERPETRATED BY SENIOR EMPLOYEES ON JUNIOR EMPLOYEES

September, 2022

DECONSTRUCTING THE EMPLOYEE’S RIGHT TO VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION

December, 2021

AN EMPLOYER’S RIGHT TO RECRUIT

December, 2017

THE BATON OF COMPENSATION -MY INJURY, WHOSE PAIN?

February, 2019

#ME TOO?

July, 2019

Unfair Labour Practice (2): Payment of 13th month Salary —Navigating Employee’s expectations amidst the harsh business realities faced by Employers.

December, 2023

‘When does one cease to be an employee?’

May, 2020

IS AN EMPLOYEE ENTITLED TO PENSION CONTRIBUTION AS TERMINAL BENEFITS WHERE THERE WAS NONREMITTANCE OF SAME DURING THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT?

April, 2021

DECLARATION OF REDUNDANCY: THE PROPER PROCEDURE

June, 2021

A NEWSLETTER ON LABOUR LAW AND EMERGING TRENDS- DECEMBER 2020 EDITION

December, 2020

Significant Decisions – Labour & Employment 2019

January, 2020

‘CORONAVIRUS’ – VIRAL RED-FLAGS, AND EMERGING TRENDS IN THE WORLD OF WORK

March, 2020

VARYING AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT- MY RIGHT OR OUR RIGHT?

February, 2020

COVID-19 AND THE WORLD OF WORK- THE EMERGING ISSUES

April, 2020

SERVICE CONTRACTS AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AS WORKERS: DETERMINATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIALCOURT IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK

August, 2023

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