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EAT clarifies Regulation 10: pre-existing posts not ‘suitable alternative vacancies’; no bumping in headcount reduction; Carnival unfair dismissal findings overturned and remitted

Published on: 07 November 2024

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Carnival plc (trading as Carnival UK) v Laura Hunter [2024] EAT 167

EAT Judge Martyn Barklem concluded that the employment tribunal was wrong to decide that, after Carnival plc removed five of its 21 team leader posts, the 16 remaining roles constituted ‘suitable alternative vacancies’ for Laura Hunter under regulation 10 of the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations 1999, SI 1999/3312. Regulation 10 applies where, during an employee’s ordinary or additional maternity leave, redundancy means it is not practicable for the employer to continue to employ her under the existing contract of employment. In that event, the provision stipulates that, if a suitable vacancy is available, the employee is entitled to be offered—before her employment under the existing contract ends—alternative employment with her employer, the employer’s successor, or an associated employer, on a new contract of employment...

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