The Industrial Cases Reports
[2022] ICR 1573
Court of Appeal
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and others v Tesco Stores Ltd
[2022] EWCA Civ 978
2022 June 9;
July 15
July 15
Bean, Newey, Lewis LJJ
Employment— Contract of employment— Implied term— Employer seeking to relocate employees— Employees agreeing to new contracts with provision for retained pay as incentive to relocate— Retained pay expressed to be “permanent” contractual feature “guaranteed for life”— Employer subsequently seeking to terminate contracts and re-engage employees on terms not including entitlement to retained pay— Whether employer entitled to do so— Whether prevented by term to be implied in employment contracts or by estoppel