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Budget

There were a number of measures of importance to employers in the budget, including a small change to the taxation of termination payments, following a government consultation last year. From April 2018, termination payments (for redundancy,…

National living wage

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From 1 April the new National Living Wage (NLW) is payable to workers aged 25 and over. The introductory rate is set at £7.20 an hour and is expected to rise to over £9 by 2020. BIS guidance on ‘Calculating the minimum wage’ has been updated…

Prominent cases in 2015

Discrimination law has been growing in scope, while travel to work time, holiday pay, employee misdemeanours on social media, and collective consultation obligations have all featured in claims before courts and tribunals this year – and some…

April enforcement dates…

April enforcement dates, new legislation, and the latest case law from courts and tribunals This month the shared parental leave rules reached the ‘expected week of childbirth’ trigger, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment…

Spring employment law changes

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…

Holiday pay back in the spotlight, collective redundancy consultation rules assessed, and statutory pay rates rise

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…

Politicians shouldn’t focus on regulation to make our labour market work better, says CIPD

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…

‘Fit for work’ website and helpline goes ‘live’

‘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…

Appeal tribunal – Overtime & Holiday Pay Rules

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…

Blurred lines – autonomy or control in social media?

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…