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Regulations, statutory amendments, and case law continue to push forward developments in employment law Compensation rates rise, first shared parental leave babies are born, and ‘vaping’ reaches the tribunal system Tribunal awards New tribunal compensation limits have been announced. The capped award for unfair dismissal increases from £76,574 to £78,335; the maximum basic award for […]
Holiday pay back in the spotlight, collective redundancy consultation rules assessed, and statutory pay rates rise The Lock case returns to a UK tribunal and the European advocate general decides on the meaning of ‘establishment’ in the Woolworth’s case Holiday pay The case which looked at whether commission should be included in holiday pay, Lock […]
Politicians shouldn’t focus on regulation to make our labour market work better, says CIPD New report suggests that either more or less employment regulation is likely to have little impact on UK labour market outcomes With less than 100 days to go until the General Election, the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people […]
‘Fit for work’ website and helpline goes ‘live’, prohibition on forced subject access requests is delayed, and no appeal yet on holiday pay overtime case Fit for work Assessment and advice service aimed at speeding ‘return to work’ for employees on long-term sick leave begins this month The government is beginning to implement […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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? 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 […]
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