Accepted Practices

ParsleyDumpling | 09:47 Wed 19th Sep 2018 | Phrases & Sayings

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Hi, I'm looking for a word that means because something has gone on for many years, it is now accepted practice. It is an old fashioned word (I think) and I can't for the life of me remember.

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Peter Pedant

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customary practice what you mean in legal terms is - through use and toleration has become an implied term of the contract and there is quite a lot of case law attached to quite a lot of the contributions here I like: Judgie-baby - I dont care how long you have done this from custom - if I think a practice is negligent I will find it so compared with: SAS court martial -...

13:25 Wed 19th Sep 2018

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Old_Geezer

Tradionally ?

Old_Geezer

traditionally !!!!!!!!!!

Gizmonster

Customary ??

bhg481

routine?

zebo

Thanks for that, now I'm trying to drag it out of the depths of my memory!

Gizmonster

Convention??

Prudie

Not one word and relating more to working practices but 'grandfather rights' is a phrase used to describe what you are saying.

zebo

The norm?

woofgang

convention?

ParsleyDumpling

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Thanks all, but non of those. This is more that you have received a "benefit" which is not officially in a contract, but it has sort of become an accepted practice. I know the word, but can't remember it.

woofgang

perk, short for perquisite?

Old_Geezer

I'd have calked it "standard practice".

ParsleyDumpling

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Sorry Woof and OG, but no. This is more to do with a non contractual "perk" if you like, which over decades has become the norm, but would not come under TUPE.

Prudie

Is this the scenario you mean, does it jog anyone's thoughts?

"Employees sometimes argue that what the employer considered a discretionary benefit has become a binding term of their employment contract through custom and practice.

Common scenarios where disputes of this nature may arise are those where the benefit in question is particularly valuable to the employee, such as an enhanced redundancy payment or bonus.

While employees and their representatives might be quick to argue that an implied term has arisen through custom and practice, this is actually much harder to establish than is often believed.

This article examines the legal framework in relation to terms implied by custom and practice and gives some tips for employers seeking to avoid discretionary benefits offered to their employees becoming legally binding."