Entries by Neil Spectrum

Appeal tribunal – Overtime & Holiday Pay Rules

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Appeal tribunal rules that non-guaranteed overtime should be included when calculating holiday pay Employers given favourable interpretation on how far back claims can stretch but may see this overturned by higher courts Compulsory overtime In a long-awaited judgment, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided that ‘non-guaranteed’ overtime pay should be included in the calculation […]

Blurred lines – autonomy or control in social media?

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Managing electronic communications: a new challenge for human resource managers, Bernadine Van Gramberg , Julian Teicher and Anne O’Rourke, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol 25 No 16, September 2014. Our increasing use of and access to information and communication technology – in particular social media – has thrown up new challenges for people […]

Embracing shared parental leave, calculating holiday pay and policing zero hours contracts

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Embracing shared parental leave, calculating holiday pay and policing zero hours contracts More details published on the new scheme for working parents, judgments on holiday pay awaited from the courts, and the government asks for ideas on how to ensure the ban on exclusivity clauses is observed. Shared parental leave Draft regulations have been produced […]

Forthcoming legislation

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New legislation Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 Provisions under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERR Act 2013) are coming into force in stages. On 6 April 2014 Acas launched its early conciliation scheme, which applies to all employment tribunal claims brought on or after 6 May 2014 (for more information go to […]

New flexible working regulations – is your business prepared?

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New flexible working regulations – is your business prepared? Big changes are afoot on the flexible working front, with new regulations coming into force on 30th June which will extend the right to request flexible working to all employees with 26 weeks service. This is a significant shift from the previous situation, where it was primarily […]